Zen Meditation for Beginners - by Bonnie Myotai Treace (Paperback)

About the Book

"Beginning Zen meditation is a step into the unknown?let Zen Meditation for Beginners be your guide. This simple, straightforward handbook shows you how to embrace the beauty and clarity of the present moment?helping you destress and find balance at home, at work, or wherever you are"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Center yourself and find calm--simple Zen meditation for beginners

Beginning Zen meditation is a step into the unknown--let Zen Meditation for Beginners be your guide. This simple, straightforward handbook shows you how to embrace the beauty and clarity of the present moment--helping you destress and find balance at home, at work, or wherever you are.

Discover 10 different Zen principles, and find out how to apply their wisdom in your everyday life. This book of meditation for beginners shows you how to bring important principles of Zen to life in your own meditation. When you leave your seated practice, post-meditation exercises help you take that peace with you on your journey.

Zen Meditation for Beginners includes:

• A few minutes of peace--Take a break with these short practices--most take five or 10 minutes, and some can be done while you go about your day.
• Find what you need--Meditate on themes for the modern day, like Embodying Kindness, Noticing Negative Self-Speak, No Big Deal, and more.
• Clear and simple--No previous Zen experience necessary--this book on meditation for beginners walks you through the basics, so you can relax and move forward confidently.

Invite a few moments of calm into your busy day with Zen Meditation for Beginners.

Review Quotes

"Zen Meditation for Beginners is a welcoming invitation to enter the path of Zen from wherever you are. The encouragement is just to begin. As a skilled and experienced meditation teacher, Myotai Sensei answers every question likely to arise for a new student, and provides concise, accessible instructions and exercises for anyone seeking to build a meaning-filled meditation practice relevant to their daily life." --Lisa Schaewe, Mindfulness Instructor, Psychotherapist, Artist

"If you've never meditated before and want to start, Myotai Treace's Zen Meditation for Beginners is for you. It's crystal clear, wonderfully readable, humorous, and gets right to the point. Its 10 basic principles remind beginners as well as seasoned meditators of the wisdom and humanity embedded in this simple and exquisite practice." --Roshi Eve Myonen Marko, Co-Author of The Book of Householder Koans

"Myotai's gem of a book, in its conciseness, practicality, beauty, and magic, is a fine introduction to mystical realism. Encountering its pages, you peer through facets of a diamond, in the end recognizing that you are holding a ball of crystal clear light in your hands. In Myotai's treatment, and under her guidance, the kitchen sink filled with dirty dishes, a walk in the park, a flare-up of a strong emotions, your body and breath become entryways into the inconceivable, and a passionate call for boundlessness of clarity and granularity of kindness." --Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Zen Priest and Teacher

About the Author

BONNIE MYOTAI TREACE, SENSEI, is the founder of Hermitage Heart Zen, as well as the author of Wake Up: How to Practice Zen Buddhism, Zen Meditation for Beginners, and other books. She lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina, where she offers writing retreats and at-home meditation instruction