Zen Work

More of a transformative guide than a specific list of exercises devoted to any particular physical approach, Zen Body-Being explains how to create a state of mental control, enhanced feeling-awareness, correct structural alignment, increased spatial acuity, and even a greater interactive presence. Exercises are simple, often involving feeling-imagery and meditative awareness, which have a profound and sometimes instant effect. Where similar guides teach readers what to do, this book teaches readers how to be.

We can’t always plan for what’s next—that’s been made more and more clear in the past few years. The truth is that life is never predictable, especially as parents. What is possible is your unlimited capacity for compassion, and caring—for yourself and for your children. As you navigate the uncertainty with openness and humility, you find the clarity, connection and community that is Zen Parenting.

The purpose of this work is to show you how to apply and utilize the teachings and essence of Zen in everyday life in the Western society. I’m not really an “absolute truth seeker” unworldly type of person - I just believe in practical plans and blueprints that actually help in living a better life. Of course, I will tell you about the origin of Zen and the traditional ways of practicing it, but I will also show you my side of things, my personal point of view, and translation of many Zen truths into a more “contemporary” and practical language.

The question-and-answer format makes this introduction to Zen especially easy to understand - and also to use as a reference, as you can easily look up just the question you had in mind. The esteemed Zen teacher Norman Fischer and his old friend and teaching colleague Susan Moon (both of them in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind) give this collaborative effort a playful tone: Susan asks a question on our behalf, Norman answers it, and then Sue challenges him.

This historical text from the direct teaching of the Zen master, Huang Po, allows the Western listener to gain an understanding of Zen from the original source, one of the key works in its teachings. It also offers deepening and often startling insights into the rich treasures of Eastern thought. On the Transmission of Mind.

Listen to Zen Entrepreneurship, the book that has inspired entrepreneurs and spiritual seekers worldwide! Based on a true story, this book is about succeeding in life while walking a spiritual path. Follow the travels of a young entrepreneur as he starts and grows a multi-million-dollar business, only to discover that real success is tied to the hidden worlds and learn the secrets of being a career warrior.

Eva Walker is a 17-year-old math genius. And if that doesn't do wonders for her popularity, there's another thing that makes it even worse: When she touches another person or anything that belongs to them - from clothes to textbooks to cell phones - she sees a vision of their emotions. She can read a person's fears and anxieties, their secrets and loves...and what they have yet to learn about calculus. This is helpful for her work as a math tutor, but it means she can never get close to people. Eva avoids touching anyone and everyone.

Are you interested in living a less stressful, happier life? If so, you’ve come to the right place. You may have tried meditation before but have struggled to stick to a routine and daily habit and quickly gave up. Or you may have always struggled to find time to fit meditation into your busy lifestyle. With this book, you will learn that you can do this anywhere! You can fit moments of mindfulness and meditation into any minute of your day.

While working in a particularly toxic environment, Karlyn Borysenko came to this liberating realization: She couldn't control other people, but she could control herself, her perspective, and her actions. Now an organizational psychologist, consultant, and executive coach, Borysenko tells us how to bridge the gap between where we are now and what will bring us the most professional success and happiness. We must achieve self-mastery - by accepting responsibility for our actions, understanding our innate work style, and discerning when and how to push outside our comfort zone.

Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with a devoted new boyfriend. But things come to a standstill when Rei overpays for a rare old chest of drawers for a wealthy client, the owner of a famous Zen temple in Kamakura. The exquisite tansu turns out to be a fake: the worst deal Rei has ever made. When the temple family turns on Rei - and the con man who sold the tansu is murdered - she realizes she's opened a Pandora's box of deception and death.

Are stress and distractions slowing down your workday? Discover how mindfulness and meditation can transform your focus, productivity, and team dynamics with “Zen at Work: Mindfulness Strategies for Workplace Success”. This book offers practical solutions for bringing calm, clarity, and purpose into your professional life, so you can thrive in today’s fast-paced work environment.

You’re about to discover everything behind Zen and be guided in adapting this practice in life. You will learn how Zen can make you realize who you truly are and rediscover your true nature as it sheds away the masks society has built around your original self. You will also get to know the positive impact of Zen in your life and how the practice of Zazen can contribute to your personal well-being. Armed with the complete steps in executing the basic Zazen postures, this book will guide you through the proper meditation exercises.

Congratulations on getting off your Zen and grabbing this book! In it, you will learn: A concise history of how Eastern spiritual instructions made their way to America. How our handling, or mishandling of these instructions created both opportunities and problems in our culture. Possible solutions related to spirituality, creativity, work, and problem solving that may help resolve the issues caused by our Eastern spiritual instructions fumble.

In this groundbreaking audiobook Mindfulness @ Work, Daniel Goleman and Jon Kabat-Zinn explore the ways in which mindfulness can be applied by a variety of institutions and businesses to make better leaders and improve the quality of the workplace. The ideas expressed in Goleman's Emotional...

Balancing work, family, and your inner life! Dr. Borysenko gets to the heart of how busy women can find a center of inner peace even when life is swirling like a cyclone around them. You will learn how to manage your energy, say no without feeling guilty, honor and respect yourself as a prerequisite for loving and caring for others, make peace with the past, welcome change, and find your courage.

Who thought fraudulent businessmen would one day take advantage of Egyptian style architecture? The pyramids in Egypt are massive buildings that make you reconsider just how beautiful architecture is. The architecture of a pyramid scheme, however, is far quite far from being beautiful. A pyramid scheme occurs when the leader of the scheme starts to promise payments or services if members enroll other people in this particular scheme.

This work deals with those all-important book descriptions: how to come up with a clever and unique description, using key power words, how they help promote your cover, the length of your description, words to use and avoid, and more!