Awake in The World: Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life

The essence of yoga and Buddhist practice is opening the heart — our own and that of the world.

Awake in The World: Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life 

by Michael Stone

Stone presents the essential insights of mindfulness and yoga, emphasizing the teachings of simplicity and the interdependence of all life.

He explains that the practices of yoga and meditation are not about escaping reality, but about living fully in the here and now, opening to our experience and gaining access to stillness within the flow of life. The essence of yoga and Buddhist practice is opening the heart — our own and that of the world.

With that awareness, he encourages us to get involved in our communities, to speak out when we see wrongdoing and to find ways of helping others. He is a serious practitioner of yoga and Buddhism, and a psychotherapist to boot, who brings wisdom from all those worlds into his teachings.

Fans of his previous books will be especially interested in this collection of his essays and talks on everything from meditation practices to social activism.

$17.95 — Shambhala Publications, Inc., Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115.

Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 30, Number 4, August/September 2011.