Recommended books

Eckhart Tolle

The founding book on conscious presence. Tolle explains how to free yourself from the mind and live fully now.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

The founder of MBSR demystifies mindfulness meditation with remarkable clarity.

Thich Nhat Hanh

A gentle guide to turning the ordinary acts of everyday life into practices of full presence.

Viktor Frankl

How to find meaning in the present moment, even in the most difficult circumstances.

Matthieu Ricard

A Buddhist monk and scientist explains meditation with rigor and accessibility. One of the best entry points there is.

Christophe André

France's most influential psychiatrist on mindfulness. A practical, illustrated program grounded in modern psychology.

Tara Brach

How to escape the trap of self-criticism and return to yourself with kindness. A book that profoundly changes your relationship to the moment.

Dan Harris

A skeptical journalist discovers meditation after an on-air panic attack. Honest, funny and convincing for the unconvinced.

Mark Williams & Danny Penman

An 8-week MBCT program, clinically validated against depression and chronic stress. The most rigorous guide of its kind.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The absolute classic. How to turn dishwashing, walking or breathing into a practice of total presence.

Sam Harris

A secular, rigorous exploration of consciousness and meditation, without mysticism. For scientific minds.

Manuel J. Smith

The foundations of assertiveness and presence in relationships. Learning to exist fully in the face of others.