Buddhism (General & Theravada)

Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative manual of the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education.

Why is it often so hard to truly connect with others, even those we care most about? “Our capacity to engage fully in relationship starts with becoming more awake and aware within ourselves,” says Tara Brach.

Because we cannot control the whole world, cushion our child's every step, and remove every obstacle from his or her path, we need to give our children the internal resources to surmount their own barriers.

Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community’s collective practice with children.

A practicing Buddhist for over 20 years, this author has found that some of her best insights into Buddhism and the nature of being have come not from meditation but from mothering.