Breathe, You Are Alive: The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing

The noted Buddhist monk, teacher, and activist sheds new light on the Anapanasati Sutra, which reveals the role of breathing as a means of awakening to the true nature of all things, plays an important part on the path to spiritual liberation, and outlines sixteen conscious breathing exercises taught by the Buddha, in a twentieth anniversary edition of the classic study. Reprint.
According to the Buddha’s teaching in the Anapanasati Sutra, maintaining awareness of our breathing is a means of awakening to the true nature of all things and arriving at spiritual liberation. Breathe, You Are Alive outlines 16 exercises of conscious breathing that were taught by the Buddha, together with commentaries and further exercises for practicing them every day and in any situation. Thich Nhat Hanh’s insights and explanation give the reader access to the profound nurturance available when we slow down and get in touch with our in-breath and out-breath. He walks the reader through the progression of exercises ? from awareness of the physical plane, to the mental and spiritual planes ? in a clear and concise manner that is easy to implement. This 20th anniversary edition includes updated commentaries and practices on the awareness of breathing meditation, as well as the author's "Breathing and Walking" Gatha (practice verse) set to music.