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Breathing Love: Meditation in Action
2018 Best Book Award Winner: Self Help / Motivational (American Book Fest)
2018 IAN Book of the Year Award Finalist: Spirituality/ Inspirational
2018 I & I Book Awards Semi-Finalist: Instructional and Insightful Non-fiction
Offering hope to a world in turmoil, Breathing Love is a guide to practicing love even when it's not easy and even when we don't know how. With the goal of greater inner peace, outer harmony and deeper connection, Lee changes how we look at love; from something to be acquired, to something we embody with intention.
Whether in a relationship or not, in the prime of life or nearing death, you'll be encouraged to move beyond the pain, pride, and fear that keep you from real love. The short, accessible meditation practices offered in Breathing Love , provide inner solace and a deep sense of purpose.
Part One offers compassionate wisdom for expanding the experience of love within yourself and asks you to contemplate what might be keeping you from full capacity loving. It also explores the difference between your usual yet limited sense of self, and your unified greater Self, experienced through compassionate action and divine kindness.
Part Two asks you to consider that your truest life purpose lies in offering a more expansive, less personal love into every relationship and circumstance of daily life. It also addresses periods of self-evaluation, such as during major life transitions and near the end of life, and how you can embrace these with peaceful resolve, and leave a legacy of pure love behind.
Through intimate personal stories from Jennie's own life, you'll feel deeply assured that this call to love in action is possible no matter what life presents. Using the meditative practices given in each chapter is easy, whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to meditation. Each of these creates greater spiritual intimacy within yourself and more authentic connection with others. By making life a meditation of breathing love, not only will you find yourself, but you will find all the love you ever desired.
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"In Breathing Love, Jennie paints the picture of life beyond fear andanxiety and gives us the practical skills to make it happen. We arestanding on the precipice of this new reality, and she shows us the way. This book will help each one of us fulfill our ultimate purpose andlive in what can only be called a heaven on earth."―Cherie Healey,Possibilitarian
"In this beautiful treatise, Jennie Lee gives practical ways to embodyLove Itself; a true path to connection with our inherentDivinity."―Tosha Silver, author of Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Powerof Spiritual Surrender
"Breathing Love is a powerful call to awaken a higher level of love in our hearts & to serve love selflessly for the sustainability of all humankind. Jennie Lee compassionately guides readers through the inner obstacles of fear, anger, ego, and a limited sense of self to find the pure love waiting within."―Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD, co-author of Aging with Attitude
"Dear Meditators, Jennie Lee is here to help you cultivate even the most quotidian moments as spiritual practice."―Elena Brower, author of Art of Attention
2018 IAN Book of the Year Award Finalist: Spirituality/ Inspirational
2018 I & I Book Awards Semi-Finalist: Instructional and Insightful Non-fiction
Offering hope to a world in turmoil, Breathing Love is a guide to practicing love even when it's not easy and even when we don't know how. With the goal of greater inner peace, outer harmony and deeper connection, Lee changes how we look at love; from something to be acquired, to something we embody with intention.
Whether in a relationship or not, in the prime of life or nearing death, you'll be encouraged to move beyond the pain, pride, and fear that keep you from real love. The short, accessible meditation practices offered in Breathing Love , provide inner solace and a deep sense of purpose.
Part One offers compassionate wisdom for expanding the experience of love within yourself and asks you to contemplate what might be keeping you from full capacity loving. It also explores the difference between your usual yet limited sense of self, and your unified greater Self, experienced through compassionate action and divine kindness.
Part Two asks you to consider that your truest life purpose lies in offering a more expansive, less personal love into every relationship and circumstance of daily life. It also addresses periods of self-evaluation, such as during major life transitions and near the end of life, and how you can embrace these with peaceful resolve, and leave a legacy of pure love behind.
Through intimate personal stories from Jennie's own life, you'll feel deeply assured that this call to love in action is possible no matter what life presents. Using the meditative practices given in each chapter is easy, whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to meditation. Each of these creates greater spiritual intimacy within yourself and more authentic connection with others. By making life a meditation of breathing love, not only will you find yourself, but you will find all the love you ever desired.
Key Themes include:
Praise:
"In Breathing Love, Jennie paints the picture of life beyond fear andanxiety and gives us the practical skills to make it happen. We arestanding on the precipice of this new reality, and she shows us the way. This book will help each one of us fulfill our ultimate purpose andlive in what can only be called a heaven on earth."―Cherie Healey,Possibilitarian
"In this beautiful treatise, Jennie Lee gives practical ways to embodyLove Itself; a true path to connection with our inherentDivinity."―Tosha Silver, author of Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Powerof Spiritual Surrender
"Breathing Love is a powerful call to awaken a higher level of love in our hearts & to serve love selflessly for the sustainability of all humankind. Jennie Lee compassionately guides readers through the inner obstacles of fear, anger, ego, and a limited sense of self to find the pure love waiting within."―Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD, co-author of Aging with Attitude
"Dear Meditators, Jennie Lee is here to help you cultivate even the most quotidian moments as spiritual practice."―Elena Brower, author of Art of Attention
240 pages, Paperback
Published January 8, 2018
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About the author
Jennie Lee
47 books35 followersNautilus Award winning author of 3 books: Spark Change: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution; Breathing Love: Meditation in Action; and True Yoga: Practicing with the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual Fulfillment. Jennie Lee is a recognized expert in the fields of Yoga Therapy and spiritual living. She is a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) with 20 years of experience in yoga philosophy and meditation practice, and an educational background in spiritual psychology. She has coached hundreds of clients out of limited or negative thinking to freedom and fulfillment.
She finds joy in sharing with others how to integrate the teachings of classical yoga and meditation into everyday life for inner peace, a deeper sense of purpose and a connection to one's spiritual self. She counsels via phone or Zoom internationally.
SPARK CHANGE AWARDS:
2020 Nautilus Book Award Winner: Silver Gift & Specialty
2020 Best Book Award Winner: Spirituality: Inspirational (American Book Fest)
2020 Book of the Year Award Finalist: Spiritual / Inspirational (International Authors Network)
2020 Mind & Spirit Book Award for Spirituality & Enlightenment (CIBA Finalist)
BREATHING LOVE AWARDS:
2018 Best Book Award Winner: Self Help/Motivational (American Book Fest)
2018 Book of the Year Award Finalist: Spirituality/ Inspirational (International Authors Network)
2018 I & I Book Awards Semi-Finalist: Instructional and Insightful Non-fiction - Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs)
Top 10 Inspiring Books (Aspire Magazine Jan. 2018)
Top 10 Inspiring Books (Aspire Magazine Oct. 2020)
TRUE YOGA AWARDS:
2016 USA Best Book Award Finalist: Spirituality / Inspirational
Stanford University YogaX Yoga for Mental Health required reading
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July 2, 2018
Using her background as a certified yoga therapist and her belief that “active conscious loving is the basis of the meditation practices,” Ms. Lee has written Breathing Love in order to help people overcome grief, depression, anxiety and stress.
Each chapter has a discussion of the chapter topic, a personal story which relates to the topic and then a section on daily practice which includes tuning in and a variety of other things. Lee is consistent in her organization and her presentation of her material.
Lee’s writing style is easy to read without being overly complex or too simplified. She relies on yoga terms and meditation terms to get her point across. Her writing style is conversational. She discusses her concepts without being preachy. At the same time, she makes logical arguments for a particular way of life. The tone of the writing is friendly, like friends discussing a healthy practice. She offers positive support to work through her techniques.
Daily practices are practical and achievable. One of the practices says to "attempt to be neutral rather than opinionated in most circumstances." Obviously not everyone is going to be able to react calmly and positively in a negative situation but Lee offers tools to work towards a balance.
The first half of the book is about clearing out. Lee takes on topics like desire, anger, fear, and vulnerability. It's all about clearing out the negative in order to be able to invite in the positive. She guides the reader through difficulties everyone can relate to and offers techniques to improve the way you respond to situations.
The second half of her book is about filling up, developing eyes of love, the evening meditation through devotion, recognizing yourself as love, letting go, and moving forward. At the end of the second part she offers 10 tenants of love. These read like affirmations or statements which summarize what she's been teaching throughout the whole book.
The last section of her book is meditations. In these meditations, she walks the reader through how to prepare for doing a meditation as well as doing a guided meditation with them. Someone who has never meditated before could pick these up and do them without feeling lost in the process. At the same time the person who is experienced at meditating isn’t going to find it tedious.
Regardless of spiritual beliefs, this book doesn’t preach a particular path or religion but offers spiritual guidance through meditation. The purpose of the book is to help the reader find a more positive and loving relationship with themselves. Lee offers a practical and useful system for addressing some of life’s moments that are more difficult or even a lifelong attitude. Her practices are gentle and well described. Reading this book is like taking a gentle yoga class, it stretches your mind and ideas while gently working on improving your life.
Each chapter has a discussion of the chapter topic, a personal story which relates to the topic and then a section on daily practice which includes tuning in and a variety of other things. Lee is consistent in her organization and her presentation of her material.
Lee’s writing style is easy to read without being overly complex or too simplified. She relies on yoga terms and meditation terms to get her point across. Her writing style is conversational. She discusses her concepts without being preachy. At the same time, she makes logical arguments for a particular way of life. The tone of the writing is friendly, like friends discussing a healthy practice. She offers positive support to work through her techniques.
Daily practices are practical and achievable. One of the practices says to "attempt to be neutral rather than opinionated in most circumstances." Obviously not everyone is going to be able to react calmly and positively in a negative situation but Lee offers tools to work towards a balance.
The first half of the book is about clearing out. Lee takes on topics like desire, anger, fear, and vulnerability. It's all about clearing out the negative in order to be able to invite in the positive. She guides the reader through difficulties everyone can relate to and offers techniques to improve the way you respond to situations.
The second half of her book is about filling up, developing eyes of love, the evening meditation through devotion, recognizing yourself as love, letting go, and moving forward. At the end of the second part she offers 10 tenants of love. These read like affirmations or statements which summarize what she's been teaching throughout the whole book.
The last section of her book is meditations. In these meditations, she walks the reader through how to prepare for doing a meditation as well as doing a guided meditation with them. Someone who has never meditated before could pick these up and do them without feeling lost in the process. At the same time the person who is experienced at meditating isn’t going to find it tedious.
Regardless of spiritual beliefs, this book doesn’t preach a particular path or religion but offers spiritual guidance through meditation. The purpose of the book is to help the reader find a more positive and loving relationship with themselves. Lee offers a practical and useful system for addressing some of life’s moments that are more difficult or even a lifelong attitude. Her practices are gentle and well described. Reading this book is like taking a gentle yoga class, it stretches your mind and ideas while gently working on improving your life.
January 28, 2018
Breathing Love is like a spiritual journey, where Jennie Lee guides the reader through a personal inquiry into love and meditation. Through her deep insight stemming from a rich background in ancient wisdom and daily practice, she transforms the pages of the book into both a spiritual teacher and a loving friend. Lee’s words are raw, real, and full of Bhakti (love & devotion) and will certainly meet you wherever you are currently standing on your spiritual path. Her open heart vulnerability allows readers to feel connected to and understood by her on a deeply intimate and loving level, as she propels them forward through wholehearted introspection and inspiration. With infinite love and care Lee provides accessible tools and daily practices that can be used by both beginning and advanced seekers of higher knowledge and Ultimate Truth. As I dove deeper into this book, I felt Lee’s teachings leap off the pages and resonate deeply within my own daily life. Now, I have begun to notice moments throughout my day where I pause and consciously choose to breathe out fear and into Love. Lee offers simple practices that have not only transformed my perspective on life, but have also positively affected everyday interactions with myself and others. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the deeper essences of reality, and the nature of our very real human experience with love, as well as to fellow teachers and healers looking for resources to inspire and engage with others.
February 1, 2018
This book was written by one of the long time yoga teachers at the studio I trained at here on Oahu. It contains one of the largest principles of life, yoga and the dance we share in each and every day (and a mathetmatical equation that has been brewing in my brain for the past 10 years...).
How do we "connect".....??? When connection occurs in some areas of our lives, but not others....is easier with some people than with others...we start to learn to choose LOVE as LIFE. LOVE = LIFE as a human being....as a "soul"...as the pure definition itself. LOVE = LIFE = LOVE = DIVINE!!!!
Quotes:
"In the presence of one [love] the other [hate] disappears."
*Practice: MANTRA WALKING
*Look-up: Institute of HearthMath
"The ocean may exist without the wave, but the wave cannot exist without the ocean."
"We all share the silent intuitive awareness beyond reason, and it is through meditation and imagination that we access this miraculous realm where love knows exactly what to do."
How do we "connect".....??? When connection occurs in some areas of our lives, but not others....is easier with some people than with others...we start to learn to choose LOVE as LIFE. LOVE = LIFE as a human being....as a "soul"...as the pure definition itself. LOVE = LIFE = LOVE = DIVINE!!!!
Quotes:
"In the presence of one [love] the other [hate] disappears."
*Practice: MANTRA WALKING
*Look-up: Institute of HearthMath
"The ocean may exist without the wave, but the wave cannot exist without the ocean."
"We all share the silent intuitive awareness beyond reason, and it is through meditation and imagination that we access this miraculous realm where love knows exactly what to do."
February 9, 2018
This is a lovingly written book about choosing love. Ms. Lee passionately writes about loves inspiration and how it opens you up and strengthens your inner landscape to allow for a full experience of your true nature. Sat nam, I am my truth. Each chapter is headed by inspirational and unique quotes cited from spiritual leaders, poets and philosophers. Each one offering a gateway into the breadth of the chapter's contemplations on love. This is a very thought provoking book and is a great addition to your body-mind-soul library. I highly recommend this book- it is eye (heart) opening And I have been seeing signs of love everywhere since I read it. There is unifying peace in the release into universal love.
February 4, 2018
Wise, Real, Inspiring. Jennie Lee weaves personal stories with wise insights from her own meditation practice to lead you on your way to beginning a meditation practice or deepening your ongoing meditation practice. Full of tips and ways to make living from a place of love easy for anyone interested in living a new way. With ideas for daily practices, exercises to help with self-reflection, and many helpful strategies for overcoming stumbling blocks I’m certain you’ll refer back to this again and again. My highlighted copy sits next to my meditation cushion.
September 21, 2019
Breathing Love is an extraordinary book that has transformed my daily meditation practice. Not only does Jennie Lee write with compassion and honesty, but her advice is also clear and easy to implement into everyday life. She truly breaks down every aspect of meditation and beautifully communicates how love is always the answer. I highly recommend reading this book to anyone that is struggling to learn how to self-heal. It will touch your soul and open your heart up to more compassion!
February 20, 2020
I bought this book on a whim, and am so glad I did. I’ve loved this book and feel it will be one I will treasure as it has some lovely -short and longer - meditations for daily living. The short ones are easy and can be fitted into a busy lifestyle, although I admit that the more I meditate the more I find myself slowing things down and treasuring moments more...
February 8, 2018
This was a beautiful inspiring book. This will be one of those books I revisit multiple times. Jennie Lee is a great author and I connected with her very easily throughout her stories.
October 16, 2019
Inspiring and a book to return to again and again for a reminder to open the heart to love. Deeply felt all the way through.
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June 17, 2023I’ve got too many books on my TBR to waste time on something I’m not truly enjoying.
February 8, 2018
What’s LOVE got to do with it? Everything!
Breathing Love encompasses all that we need to go forward in love, rather than fear. Choosing the path of love is not difficult – it is a choice. Making the choice may prove challenging but with practice, it becomes increasingly easier and YOU become increasingly happier, fulfilled, peaceful and calm. There is no doubt that Love really is the answer to everything. Using the tools and practices provided in Breathing Love you will gain more time, reduce stress, feel at peace and no joke, you will discover who you really are and with that, you will automatically be following your true path. When that happens you’re in the flow of life where anything and everything that presents itself to you is not the huge obstacle it would have once been. This is a quick read filled with so much beneficial information, you’ll start to feel uplifted and lighter as you read. Once you begin to incorporate the practices into your days you’ll see major differences in every area of your life – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. Breathing Love is nothing short of transforming!
Breathing Love encompasses all that we need to go forward in love, rather than fear. Choosing the path of love is not difficult – it is a choice. Making the choice may prove challenging but with practice, it becomes increasingly easier and YOU become increasingly happier, fulfilled, peaceful and calm. There is no doubt that Love really is the answer to everything. Using the tools and practices provided in Breathing Love you will gain more time, reduce stress, feel at peace and no joke, you will discover who you really are and with that, you will automatically be following your true path. When that happens you’re in the flow of life where anything and everything that presents itself to you is not the huge obstacle it would have once been. This is a quick read filled with so much beneficial information, you’ll start to feel uplifted and lighter as you read. Once you begin to incorporate the practices into your days you’ll see major differences in every area of your life – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. Breathing Love is nothing short of transforming!
August 2, 2020
Breathing Love is transformational. Jennie Lee shows us how to breathe in love and exhale love. Truly inspiring.
February 2, 2021
A useful book for people in the early stages of their meditation journey. At times I felt the author spent too much time focusing on her own stories rather than providing meditation guidance.
January 29, 2023
This is a well thought book and it's strength is based on the vulnerability and transparency of.the author. Really, a good guide on the potential of building healthy relationships.
September 26, 2020
This book is pure love!
Required reading for anybody to love a more aware and authentic life. I highly recommend this book. It has lots of ideas for implementation.
Required reading for anybody to love a more aware and authentic life. I highly recommend this book. It has lots of ideas for implementation.
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