The Vow-Powered Life by Jan Chozen Bays - ISBN: 9781611801002
Paperback
Unleash your potential: Make a vow, achieve your goals.

The Vow-Powered Life

A Simple Method for Living with Purpose

  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2016

Summary

How making a vow—consciously setting an intention—can be a powerful tool for achieving all sort of goals, from the author of the best-selling Mindful Eating.

Winner of the 2016 IPPY Gold Medal Award for Self Help

Making a vow is a powerful mindfulness practice, and all you have to do to tap into that power is set your intention consciously. A vow can be as “small” as the aspiration to smile at someone at least once every day, or as “big” as marriage; as personal as de…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781611801002
ISBN-10:1611801001
Author:Jan Chozen Bays
Publisher:Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint:Shambhala Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:1 February 2016
Weight:244g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 13mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A vow is a pledge or promise to bring direction and intention into our lives. Yet, how are we to discover the distinctive direction and purpose of our lives? How do we sort the trivial from the vital and essential? As a physician and Zen teacher—a healer of both the body and soul—Jan Bays offers deep insight for discovering the true gifts we want to bring to our unique life. This gem of a book awakens our capacity for vow-empowered living.“—Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity

“Our intentions count for so much more than we usually think. Roshi Chozen Bays, a physician of the heart, describes how we can ground our highest aspirations within our lived lives with grace and beauty. If you’re looking for a guide through the confusions of life, The Vow-Powered Life is a very good place to start.”—James Ishmael Ford, author of If You’re Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life

About The Author

Jan Chozen Bays

Jan Chozen Bays, MD, is a Zen master in the White Plum lineage of the late master Taizan Maezumi Roshi. She serves as a priest and teacher at the Jizo Mountain-Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Oregon. She is also a pediatrician who specializes in the evaluation of children for abuse and neglect.

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