Shambhala imprint: 827 books
by Willis Barnstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator.
Sappho’s lyric love poems, composed in the seventh century B.C.E., transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today. Though her extant work consists only of a collection...
The Magic of Meditation
Stories and Practices to Develop Gratitude and Empathy with Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
A simple but complete mindfulness meditation program for children as young as three years old and their parents, designed to encourage kindness and empathy.
More and more children are experiencing the benefits of mindfulness practices at home and in school to reduce stress, regulate emotions,...
The Sound of Cherry Blossoms
Zen Lessons from the Garden on Contemplative Design
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Contemplative design and Zen teachings--a look at how we can transform our lives and our work through the lens of Japanese garden design.
Garden design is the way of discovering the garden. And the garden is a metaphor for life itself.
Part garden design philosophy and part Zen Buddhism,...
Befriending Your Body
A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
A step-by-step holistic approach to eating disorder recovery, using self-compassion and embodiment practices to reduce symptoms, increase body awareness and acceptance, reconnect to others, and step back into an integrated life.
Those who struggle with disordered eating often find themselves...
Sex, Health, and Long Life
Manuals of Taoist Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 1999
The benefits of sexual bliss were not lost on the ancients, who knew well its powers to enhance health, concentration, and peace of mind. These ancient Chinese Taoist texts explain the transformative effects sex can have when properly and wisely practiced, demonstrating Taoism’s emphasis on cultivating...
Bodyfulness
Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
As a foundation for a contemplative life, the body can both literally and metaphorically help us wake up.
Breathing, sensing, and moving—the ways we know our body—carry tremendous contemplative potential, and yet, we so often move through our days unaware of or in conflict with our physical...
From Mindfulness to Insight
Meditations to Release Your Habitual Thinking and Activate Your Inherent Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Building on mindfulness and self-compassion practices, this step-by-step guide to secular insight meditation shows the way to freedom from deeply rooted thought patterns.
Discover joy within yourself and heartfelt connection with others by releasing the habitual thought patterns that cause...
Breathe through This
Mindfulness for Parents of Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
You try to be supportive through all the emotional ups and downs, but if you’re too supportive, they feel smothered. You want to give them the freedom necessary to grow, but not so much that they’re left vulnerable—and however you try to do it, you can count on being wrong. Parenting a teenager...
Deep Hope
Zen Guidance for Staying Steadfast When the World Seems Hopeless
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
From a respected Zen teacher, a contemporary take on the paramitas, six traditional practices for cultivating compassion and wisdom--a path of deep hope in the face of personal trouble and societal crisis.
Amidst the barrage of the daily news cycle and the tumult of our personal lives, it may...
Mente Zen, mente de principiante (Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind)
Charlas informales sobre la Meditaci¢n y la Pr ctica del Zen
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 7, 2015
En los más de cuarenta años que han transcurrido desde su publicación original, Mente Zen, mente de principiante se ha convertido en uno de los grandes clásicos de la espiritualidad moderna, muy querido, continuamente releído y profusamente recomendado como el mejor libro que se puede leer sobre...
The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing
Guarding the Three Treasures
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 1994
Here is the first complete manual of Chinese medicine specifically written for the layperson. Filled with illustrated exercises and recipes, this book offers a unique, integrated system of preventive health care so that now anyone can promote good health, longevity, and spiritual awareness using these...
Notes for the Everlost
A Field Guide to Grief
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Part memoir, part handbook for the heartbroken, this powerful, unsparing account of losing a premature baby will speak to all who have been bereaved and are grieving, and offers inspiration on moving forward, gently integrating the loss into life.
Inglis’s story is a springboard that can...
Bhakti Flow Yoga
A Training Guide for Practice and Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Rusty Wells, the wildly popular San Francisco-based yoga teacher, brings all his warmth and enthusiasm to this guide to Bhakti Flow Yoga, a synthesis of Bhakti Yoga (the yoga of devotion) and Vinyasa Flow. It is a style of yoga that emphasizes a seamless connection between the breath and the movements...
The Five Hurdles to Happiness
And the Mindful Path to Overcoming Them
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
A practical approach to becoming aware of the "five hindrances"--the negative qualities that inhibit living the awakened life--and to breaking free of them in order to live more mindfully, effectively, compassionately.
Five obstacles stand in between you and true happiness. What are they and...