Breathe, You Are Alive!

Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing

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On sale Jan 13, 2026 | 160 Pages | 9781941529386

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Learn the foundational practices of mindful breathing in this key book by "the monk who taught the world mindfulness"

The Sixteen Exercises of Mindful Breathing are the heart of Buddhist practice. Through these ancient exercises, we can arrive at spiritual liberation. 

Breathe, You Are Alive! outlines these sixteen exercises, together with commentaries and further guidance for practicing them every day and in any situation. Thich Nhat Hanh’s insights and explanation give the reader access to the profound nourishment available when we slow down and get in touch with our breathing. 

This revised edition includes Thich Nhat Hanh’s reformulation of the sixteen exercises, crystalized in the last months of his teaching. Through this important comprehensive update, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a clear, accessible, and practical way to understand and work with these fundamental tools for peace and insight.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist, was born in Vietnam in 1926 and became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than one hundred books, which have sold millions of copies. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to the West. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh passed away in 2022 at the age of ninety-five at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam, surrounded by his beloved community.

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Learn the foundational practices of mindful breathing in this key book by "the monk who taught the world mindfulness"

The Sixteen Exercises of Mindful Breathing are the heart of Buddhist practice. Through these ancient exercises, we can arrive at spiritual liberation. 

Breathe, You Are Alive! outlines these sixteen exercises, together with commentaries and further guidance for practicing them every day and in any situation. Thich Nhat Hanh’s insights and explanation give the reader access to the profound nourishment available when we slow down and get in touch with our breathing. 

This revised edition includes Thich Nhat Hanh’s reformulation of the sixteen exercises, crystalized in the last months of his teaching. Through this important comprehensive update, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a clear, accessible, and practical way to understand and work with these fundamental tools for peace and insight.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist, was born in Vietnam in 1926 and became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than one hundred books, which have sold millions of copies. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to the West. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh passed away in 2022 at the age of ninety-five at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam, surrounded by his beloved community.

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