Inspirational, Instructional Books about Awareness and Meditation

Let's Not Call It Meditation: practical guidance for people who think they can't sit still and quiet the mind, Padme Nina Livingstone’s easy-to-read, everyday language book about awareness and meditation, especially helpful for beginners.

The Wonder of Presence, Toni Packer
awareness, inspirational, instructional, clear and loving

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki
classic meditation instruction, many people's first book

Taking the Path of Zen, Robert Aiken
the first week of meditation practice, instruction and what to expect

Peace is Every Step, ThichNaht Hahn
simple, concise every day awareness practice

Going to Pieces without Falling Apart, Mark Epstein, PhD.
informative everyday awareness practice

When Things Fall Apart, PemaChodron
helpful practice for difficult times

Who Dies?, Stephen &Ondrea Levine
helpful, clear, loving information about death and dying

The Art of Happiness, H.H. Dalai Lama
just what the title says, by an expert

Essence: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization, A.H.Almaas
inspirational material about enlightened mind

Loving What Is, Byron Katie
exceptional instructions for seeing through all painful belief patterns

Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn
secular meditation and instruction, especially for people with big health challenges

The Essential Teachings of RamanaMaharshi inspirational, instructional, awareness, awareness, awareness

Conversations with God, Books One, Two and Three, Neale Donald Walsch
extremely useful secular instruction & inspiration

Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD.
instructional, about our archetypal stories- men and women's

The Enlightened Heart, Stephen Mitchell
inspirational writings of world spiritual masters

The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks
poet, spiritual master, lover of life

New and Selected Poems, Mary Oliver
poetry with attention to detail, awareness & amazement

An Interrupted Life, EttyHillesum
the powerful diary of a young (late 20's), aware Dutch Jewish woman during WWII

Energy Medicine, Donna Eden
excellent energy work for a healthier, more balanced body/mind.

The Way of Qigong, Kenneth S. Cohen
an excellent manual for traditional internal Chinese Qi Gong

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