Thrilling issues have been taking place not too long ago. Within the area of only a week or so I used to be been provided two publishing contracts, one for a e-book popping out subsequent 12 months, and one for the next 12 months.
“The Coronary heart’s Awakening”
The Coronary heart’s Awakening” is scheduled to return out in September 2025, and is being printed by Windhorse Publications.
The e-book relies on 4 programs I created on the subject of the Brahmaviharas, that are practices for bringing extra kindness, compassion, and appreciation into our lives. In these programs I radically re-imagine these practices. For instance,
- I discover metta as kindness, slightly than lovingkindness, the previous time period being way more down-to-earth and experiential.
- I stress the need for growing empathy earlier than cultivating kindness.
- I place a variety of emphasis on self-compassion as a prerequisite for having compassion for others (one thing I additionally discover in my e-book, “This Troublesome Factor of Being Human.”)
- I focus on mudita not as “sympathetic pleasure” however as joyful appreciation of what’s skillful.
- And I focus on upekkha not as a state of withdrawal into peace, however as a relaxing of reactivity in order that we will love extra deeply.
“SIT: 28 Days to a Rock-Strong Every day Meditation Apply”
The second e-book is based mostly on my course, “Get Your Sit Collectively.” It’s popping out by means of Knowledge Publications within the Spring of 2026. The title is self-explanatory. It’s geared toward individuals who have been training for some time — maybe years — however who’ve by no means managed to determine an unshakable each day observe. It comes out of my very own struggles with this, and from my work in serving to others to determine a rock-solid each day meditation observe.
That is all very affirming, and I’m thrilled that the work I’m doing will attain and profit a wider viewers. I’ll after all allow you to all know when these two titles can be found for pre-order.