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How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
By Jan Chozen Bays, MD
A growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one’s overall quality of life. Jan Chozen Bays, MD—physician and Zen teacher—has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short life lesson connected with it.
Review
“In a brilliant, practical, and elegant way, Bays has answered the question most frequently asked by students of meditation, ‘How do I bring this practice into my daily life?’ Here is a jewel box of insightful, wise, beautiful, and compassionate ways to do so.”—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
“A delightful collection of simple, down-to-earth exercises anyone can use to live each day more mindfully. Rich with wisdom, psychological insight, and fresh perspectives, this is a great resource for anyone wishing to live a fuller, saner, happier, more conscious life.”—Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, assistant clinical professor, Harvard Medical School, author of The Mindfulness Solution
“This warm, welcoming, and wise book invites us to practice mindfulness now, right in the midst of life. The weekly exercises are illuminating, immensely practical, and fun.”—Diana Winston, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, co-author of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness
Signed by the author.
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Jizo Book
By Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi
This book covers the historical evolution of Jizo Bodhisattva as viewed across Asia and in the United States. Inspired by her own personal experience with Jizo practice, Chozen Roshi has written this compelling text to help readers better understand how Jizo can help people confront human suffering. In straightforward text, accompanied by beautiful black and white photographs and illustrations, she has written the perfect book for those who are grieving, those who have lost loved ones, or anyone with an interest in Buddhism. It includes chapters on iconography, Jizo as protector of women and children, the Earthstore Bodhisattva sutra, and the water baby ceremony. Jizo Bodhisattva will bring you closer to understanding the rich, diverse ways in which Buddhism is practiced across the globe.
Available in hardcover and softcover (pictured).
Both editions are signed by the author.
- Cover: Soft
$17.00 -
Mindful Eating Book
A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food
by Jan Chozen Bays, MD
The art of mindfulness can transform our struggles with food-and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with eating. Drawing on recent research and integrating her experiences as a physician and meditation teacher, Dr. Jan Bays offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help with food issues.
Includes a 75-minute audio program with guided exercises for getting started with mindful eating.
Signed by the author
$15.00 -
Practicing with Jizo CD
A description of traditional and modern practices with Jizo, including mantra, sewing garments for Jizo, reciting the name of Jizo, and the water baby ceremony.
(approximately 60 minutes)
$15.00




