How to Relax

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Overview

Stop, relax mindfully, and recharge to control stress and renew mental freshness and clarity. 

The fifth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.

Thich Nhat Hanh says that when we relax, we "become calm water, and we will reflect reality as it is. If we’re not calm, the image we reflect will be distorted. When the image is distorted by our minds, it’s not the reality, and it causes lots of suffering." Relaxation is essential for accessing the tranquility and joy that lead to increased personal well-being. With sections on healing, relief from nonstop thinking, transforming unpleasant sounds, solitude, being peace, and more, How to Relax includes meditations you can do to help you achieve the benefits of relaxation no matter where you are.

Scientific studies indicate that meditation contributes tremendously to well-being, general health, and longevity. How to Relax is a unique gift for those who want a simple guide to achieving deep relaxation, controlling stress, and renewing mental freshness and clarity, appropriate for those practicing in any spiritual tradition, whether seasoned practitioners or new to meditations.

With sumi-ink drawings by celebrated artist Jason DeAntonis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941529089
Publisher:	Parallax Press
Publication date:	09/18/2015
Series:	Mindfulness Essentials , #5
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.

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AWARENESS OF BREATHING
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Editorial Reviews

The Mindfulness Essentials have appeared on the NPR Bestseller list, the San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller list, the Boston Globe Bestseller list, the LA Times Bestseller List and the extended New York Times Bestseller List. 

“The monk who taught the world mindfulness.”
—TIME
 
“Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal inner peace and peace on earth.”
—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

“Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

From the Publisher

★ 10/01/2015
Featuring occasional line drawings of people at rest, trees, animals, and more in a soothing purple tone, well-known Vietnamese Buddhist monk and author Hanh's little guide to surviving modern life is practical and welcome. Published by the not-for-profit press the author founded, the book presents gentle advice in two parts: "Notes on Relaxing," which reminds readers that rest is necessary and natural, and "Meditations for Resting and Relaxing," which offers instructions and poems for achieving tranquility. Throughout, Hanh delivers simple, kind words of wisdom that will work as well for children as for adults; his meditations don't require any equipment or special location to complete, and they are short, making them ideal for modern worriers. VERDICT A wonderful addition to spirituality shelves.—Henrietta Verma, Library Journal

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