How to Train a Happy Mind East Bay Book Release

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Join us at the Gyuto Foundation to hear sujatha baliga in conversation with Scott Snibbe about his new book, How to Train a Happy Mind.

The Gyuto Foundation Inc., Bernhard Avenue, Richmond, CA, USA

HOW TO TRAIN A HAPPY MIND EAST BAY BOOK RELEASEJoin Scott Snibbe in conversation with restorative justice advocate and MacArthur award winner, sujatha baliga at The Gyuto Foundation in Richmond, California to celebrate the release of his book, How to Train a Happy Mind. There will be refreshments and a chance to have your book signed by Scott.All proceeds from the event book sales go to benefit Gyuto Foundation, where Scott and sujatha teach meditation on Monday nights.ABOUT THE BOOKEager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can achieve happiness using analytical meditation. Working in much the same way as cognitive behavioural therapy, analytical meditation goes beyond the calm-inducing practice of mindfulness to actively train the brain through easy-to-follow narrative visualizations. Breaking the path down into concise steps and written in a relatable tone with plenty of references to popular culture, this is the ideal book if you recognize your mind as both the source of your problems and the source of your solutions.ABOUT SUJATHA BALIGAsujatha baliga is a restorative justice educator and advocate and a 2019 winner of the MacArthur Fellowship. She has served as the director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, a co-founder of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, and a Soros Justice Fellow at Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth. sujatha holds an AB (1993) from Harvard University and a JD (1999) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 1996. Her life’s work in restorative justice was born of the personal advice she received when she was 24 years old from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on forgiving seemingly unforgivable acts.ABOUT SCOTT SNIBBEScott Snibbe is a 25-year student of Tibetan Buddhism whose teachers include Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Choden Rinpoche, Ven. René Feusi, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Inspired by his teachers, he leads meditation classes and retreats worldwide that infuse the pure lineage of the great Buddhist masters with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world. Over the course of his career as a new media artist, Snibbe has created bestselling art, music, and social apps, and collaborated with musicians and filmmakers including Björk, James Cameron, and Philip Glass. His art has been collected by both science and art museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

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