Shambhala: 1067 books
The Logic of Faith
A Buddhist Approach to Finding Certainty Beyond Belief and Doubt
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
A popular American Buddhist teacher explores the creative relationship between faith and doubt, knowing and not-knowing, and shows how an awakened life results from living from the place in between.
Faith is a thorny subject these days. Its negative expressions cause many to dismiss it out...
Your Body Knows the Answer
Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
A manual for Mindful Focusing, a new integration of Eastern and Western techniques for accessing your inherent wisdom.Ever come up against one of those moments when life requires a response—and you feel clueless? We all have. But there’s good news: you have all the wisdom you need to respond to...
The Soul's Palette
Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2002
Making art, according to Cathy Malchiodi, may be as important to your physical and spiritual health as balanced nutrition, regular exercise, or meditation. Expressing yourself creatively—through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography—allows you to tap into a source of inner wisdom that provides...
Getting Our Bodies Back
Recovery, Healing, and Transformation through Body-Centered Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 1996
A habitual movement as common as nail-biting or toe-tapping can be the key to pulling out addictive behavior by its roots. These unconscious movement "tags" indicate the places where our bodies have become split off from our psyches. When brought to consciousness and confronted they will...
Everything Is Workable
A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Conflict is going to be a part of your life—as long as you have relationships, a job, or dry cleaning to be picked up. Bracing yourself against it won’t make it go away, but if you approach it consciously, you can navigate it in way that not only honors everyone involved but makes it a source...
The Invisible Presence
How a Man's Relationship with His Mother Affects All His Relationships with Women
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Whether he’s conscious of it or not, a man’s mother is the model for just about every relationship with a woman he has for the rest of his life. Sometimes it’s obvious (just ask his wife or girlfriend), sometimes it’s more subtle, but when you see it, it becomes crystal clear. For fifteen...
Yoga for Healthy Aging
A Guide to Lifelong Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
The definitive resource on how to use yoga to foster your physical, mental, and emotional health for a lifetime.
Everyone would like to age with as much strength and grace as possible and now numerous studies confirm what many yoga practitioners have known for a long time: yoga practice has...
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity—yet, if you look in the Bible, you’ll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia...
by Sharon Salzberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2001
In this anthology, leading Western teachers of Buddhism share their personal experiences on the path of insight meditation; their understanding of the basic teachings of the Buddha; the lessons they've learned in their training with their own teachers; and some good advice on following the Buddha...
Making Friends with Death
A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2001
In Making Friends with Death, Buddhist teacher Judith Lief, who's drawn her inspiration from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, shows us that through the powerful combination of contemplation of death and mindfulness practice, we can change how we relate to death, enhance our appreciation of everyday...
Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst
Practical Compassion in Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
A practical, meditative approach that can be used in the moment to help you stay calm and balanced when your child's behavior is pushing you to your limit--by the popular author of Simplicity Parenting.
When children are at their most difficult and challenging situations arise, how can we react...
Being Well (Even When You're Sick)
Mindfulness Practices for People with Cancer and Other Serious Illnesses
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Mindfulness is a quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is. This book presents simple mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques and insights for people with cancer and other serious illnesses. The message is that it is possible to be well and...
by Pema Chodron
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
With war and violence flaring all over the world, many of us are left feeling vulnerable and utterly helpless. In this book Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression, hatred, and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She goes...
Becoming Bodhisattvas
A Guidebook for Compassionate Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spiritual practice for all those who want to take up the path of the bodhisattva--one who aspires to live life with courage, generosity, patience, fearlessness, and compassion.
The Way of the Bodhisattva...