“High kudos for Ten Zen Sec­onds! It is a suc­cinct, handy lit­tle ref­er­ence book writ­ten to help you stay calm and cen­tered in all cir­cum­stances. While the tar­get audi­ence is aimed for peo­ple in cre­ative endeav­ors, it can also be applied to busi­ness, sports, the class­room, and par­ent­ing, to name a few.

“Eric Maisel uses sim­ple, prac­ti­cal lan­guage to explain how to take a ten-second breath while doing an incan­ta­tion to fit a spe­cific cir­cum­stance. For exam­ple if it’s a gloomy day either exter­nally, or inside your­self, you can breathe in and say ‘I am open.’ then breathe out and say, ‘to joy.’ Each chap­ter also has peo­ple talk­ing specif­i­cally how the breath­ing and incan­ta­tions helped them. That has added inspi­ra­tion to Eric’s exper­tise, which shines throughout.

“The book is also beau­ti­fully designed. It is the size of a small jour­nal, so it can be kept in a brief­case, purse, or desk or bed­side drawer for con­ve­nient ref­er­ence. The fonts are pleas­ing and vary accord­ing to voice and empha­sis.” – Judith Nasse

“Ten Zen Sec­onds is a direct and pas­sion­ate call to action for peo­ple who value mak­ing the most of their time and their lives. I found the method to be a sim­ple and prac­ti­cal way to keep my mind, emo­tions, and actions in synch through­out the day. Maisel’s exam­ples and quotes from peo­ple who have used the tech­niques are moti­vat­ing and sen­si­ble. The small-format paper­back is easy to carry around and to read when I have a few spare min­utes. I’ve been sur­prised at how quickly I can get myself focused and relaxed — for my cre­ative projects and for stress­ful sit­u­a­tions in the rest of my life. You don’t have to have read Eric Maisel’s cre­ativ­ity books to ben­e­fit from this one — but if you have read the oth­ers, you will prob­a­bly find your­self going back to them with renewed inter­est and energy to do your cre­ative work. I have.” – Pamela Burke

“Eric Maisel, the god­fa­ther or cre­ativ­ity coach­ing, dis­tills the essence of mind­ful­ness for his read­ers. When I first saw the book, my eye­brow crawled up to my hair­line in doubt. After all, aren’t Zen and “ten sec­onds” dia­met­ric oppo­sites? What can any­one do in 10 seconds?

“As it turns out–a lot–and my eye­brow can come back into place. The book, a lit­tle hefty square of 248 pages, is remark­ably effec­tive and effi­cient. Best of all, it doesn’t have to be read front to back. It can be read for the incan­ta­tions and prac­tice. Another read through gives you prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tions from peo­ple who have worked through the incan­ta­tions. Toward the back of the book you can learn how to cus­tomize the incan­ta­tions and com­bine them.

“Best of all, it works. Eric Maisel is a prac­ti­cal, real­is­tic author who explains as he goes along. You won’t feel lost or goofy. In fact, you’ll feel relaxed, cen­tered and ready to tackle your life.” – quin­ncre­ative

“I have read many med­i­ta­tion books. Med­i­ta­tion sounds like a great idea, but with my hec­tic, stress­ful lifestyle and my ADD, I never do seem to get around to it. It just doesn’t seem prac­ti­cal. This book offers a tech­nique that is so prac­ti­cal. The tech­nique can be used for any stress­ful sit­u­a­tion, no mat­ter how lit­tle time you have. Also it is some­thing that I believe could be devel­oped over time, a book to return to over and over. There are many wise lit­tle pas­sages here. I have never writ­ten a review before, but I just had to share my enthu­si­asm for this lit­tle book!” – Janine Bourdo

“I’ve read sev­eral other of Eric’s books and found them to be down to earth and prac­ti­cally help­ful. So, when he said he had an instant method to cre­ate a calm cen­tered self, I thought I’d give it a go. I don’t think I would have believed this claim from many other authors. It really does seem too good to be true. A good skep­tic tests and tri­als before com­pletely dis­card­ing, so test and trial I did. It really does work. I can’t quite believe how easy Eric’s method is to learn and prac­tice and in the short time I’ve been using it I’ve found it has a cumu­la­tive effect as well. I feel calm and cen­tered and when I don’t, I know how to fix it — in ten sec­onds. The book itself is true to his style, easy and enjoy­able to read and the infor­ma­tion is eas­ily accessed. Hon­estly, do your­self a favor and get this book.” – J. All­sopp

 

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