10 Best Meditation Books To Read This Year!

Whether you’re new to meditation, are seeking to deepen your practice or simply curious about mindful living, there’s a book in here for you.

While meditation can be learnt through workshops, guided meditation tracks, and instructional videos, there’s a certain deepness of understanding and more nuanced experience that can come only from books.

1. Making Space by Thich Nhat Hanh
Making Space is the perfect book for beginner meditators.
In this short read, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh breaks down (in a very simple way) how to best establish a home meditation practice. It includes a ton of creative practices and suggestions as well – that stretch beyond just simply sitting in meditation.

2. 10% Happier by Dan Harris
Unlike many of the books on this list, this one is written for pure skeptics by someone who was once a hard skeptic himself – ABC News anchor Dan Harris.
If you feel you still have a bit of skepticism in you, or you did at one point and would just feel more at home listening to someone like you, this is the perfect read.

3. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind is a classic not just in the meditation space, as Shunryu Suzuki’s popularization of the “beginner’s mind” principle has made it catch on in other spaces, such as business and art.

4. The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness was the book that started it all for me. With this, Thich Nhat Hanh would introduce me to a practice that transformed my life and rid me of my constant anxiety. For that reason alone, it would get a place on this list.
However, The Miracle of Mindfulness is more than just sentimental. It’s the classic introduction to mindfulness meditation and it does a better job of describing what it means to live meditatively — and what that can do for us as human beings — than virtually any other book I’ve ever read.

5. Out of Your Mind by Alan Watts
This is a bit of a unique one. One, because it’s technically an audiobook (hey, I’m allowed to bend the rules once). Two, because it’s less about teaching the practice of meditation and more about handling many of the things that will happen during your practice and to you as a result of a deep and consistent meditation practice.

6. What is Zen by Alan Watts
Another from Watts, this is the clearest and most straightforward explanation of the depth of meditation practice I’ve found.
However, keep in mind that anything by Watts is generally a little advanced. Nothing crazy, just make sure you’ve been meditating for a few months and are serious about getting the most from a long-term meditation practice. If you fit that classification, you’ll get so much from this book.

7. Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Mindfulness in Plain English is a unique guide because it breaks down the topic of meditation in a way that none of the other books on this list do. Perhaps for this reason, it’s considered by many to be the quintessential mindfulness meditation guide.

8. Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You Go, There You Are is the perfect “modern” meditation guide from the ‘father of modern mindfulness’, Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Like 10% Happier, this book is perfect for anyone who is a bit turned off by the heavier Buddhist-themed speak or anything with a “spiritual” perspective to it. By no means is it shallow, as Kabat-Zinn is a deep meditator himself, but it’s more welcoming for a newcomer who might be turned off by such themes

9. Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki
This next book is virtually unknown, despite the fact that it’s by the same author as one of the great meditation classics I covered earlier– Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
However, unlike Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, this isn’t an epic love letter to meditation and the quintessential Zen meditation guide, it’s more about little insights for and about meditation practice and how that applies to living everyday life. For that reason, I’ve found it to be the perfect compliment to Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.

10. Meditation in Action by Chogyam Trungpa
Written by the late Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Chogyam Trungpa, Meditation in Action goes deeper into the practice of meditation in an interesting way that makes it stand out from the rest of the books on this list.

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8 Best Productivity and Remote Working Apps!

If you work remotely, you can probably relate to the challenges that come from not having an office. At the same time, I love the flexibility of being able to work wherever I want, and with the right tools, I can be productive wherever I'm at.

Here are my eight favorite for working remotely:

 1. Trello
If you work on projects, which there's a pretty good chance you do, Trello is a must. The list-making app doesn't have some of the fancy bells and whistles like Basecamp, but if you work on pretty much anything with other people, Trello is flexible enough to handle it.

2. Slack
A lot of the time, using it feels like standing in the middle of a busy intersection with traffic moving in all four directions. That said, it does one thing really well for remote workers. Better than just about anything else I've used, it helps create a virtual version of the casual interactions that naturally happen in a workplace.

3. Ulysses
Ulysses is your one-stop writing environment for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Its pleasant, focused writing experience, combined with effective document management 

4. Zoom
Working remotely doesn't mean working alone. Zoom bridges that gap with a simple video conferencing tool. I guess there's a paid version but honestly, I just use the free version and have never had a problem.

5. Dropbox
The Dropbox App is a fantastic way to access and share your vital documents anytime you need them right from your Android phone. It's free, and easy to use

6. Google Docs
Basically, Google Docs (and G Suite for that matter) is the best team collaboration tool for document creation there is. The real time sync and commenting features are better than anything from Microsoft, or anyone else for that matter.

7. Things 3
Things is the best overall for the Mac (or iOS device). Things is the award-winning personal task manager that helps you achieve your goals

8. Take A Break, Please
Sometimes simple is the best. This app only does one thing--force you to take a break. Admit it, when you work remotely, sometimes you need a reminder. Take A Break, Please lets you set both the time between breaks, and the duration, and dims your screen for the amount of time you set

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9 Fruits, Spices and Essences to Enhance Taste and Flavor

"Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realize it. Even if you’re not a great chef, there’s nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn’t." — Gerard Depardieu.

If you are interested in living better and healthier, this is for you. It will teach and
enlighten you as to what is required to choose, prepare and enjoy healthier
vegetarian alternatives.

There are numerous options and ways to make food interesting by flavoring it naturally.

Vegetarian dishes do not have to be bland or uninteresting.

Here are 9 Fruits, spices and essences can be used to greatly enhance taste and
flavor, bringing out the best in all types of food!

1.Almonds

2.Celery

3.Ginger

4.Lemon

5.Orange

6.Raspberries

7.Ratafia

8.Strawberries

9.Vanilla


Start your healthy cooking now. Eat healthily, cook healthy.

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10 Best Foods To Protect and Keep Your Eyes Healthy!

To maintain your eye health and to keep your vision sharp, here are ten best foods that should be part of your daily meal to protect and keep your eyes healthy.

Raw Red Peppers

Bell peppers give you the most vitamin C per calorie. That's good for the blood vessels in your eyes, and science suggests it could lower your risk of getting cataracts.

Sunflower seeds and nuts

A large study found that vitamin E, together with other nutrients, can help slow age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from getting worse. It may also help prevent cataracts.

Dark, Leafy Greens

Kale, spinach, and collard greens, for example, are rich in both vitamins C and E. They also have the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin. These plant-based forms of vitamin A lower your risk of long-term eye diseases, including AMD and cataracts.

Salmon

Your retinas need two types of omega-3 fatty acids to work right: DHA and EPA. You can find both in fatty fish, such as salmon, tuna, and trout, as well as other seafood.

Sweet potatoes

Orange-colored fruits and vegetables -- like sweet potatoes, carrots, cantaloupe, mangos, and apricots -- are high in beta-carotene, a form of vitamin A that helps with night vision, your eyes' ability to adjust to darkness.

Lean Meat and Poultry

Zinc brings vitamin A from your liver to your retina, where it's used to make the protective pigment melanin. Oysters have more zinc per serving than any other food, but you don't have to be a shellfish lover to get enough

Beans and Legumes

Prefer a vegetarian, low-fat, high-fiber option to help keep your vision sharp at night and slow AMD? Chickpeas are also high in zinc, as are black-eyed peas, kidney beans, and lentils. A can of baked beans will do the job, too.

Eggs

It's a great package deal: The zinc in an egg will help your body use the lutein and zeaxanthin from its yolk. The yellow-orange color of these compounds blocks harmful blue light from damaging your retina.

Squash

Your body can't make lutein and zeaxanthin, but you can get them from squash all year long. Summer squash also has vitamin C and zinc.

Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts

These related veggies come with another winning combination of nutrients: vitamin A (as lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-carotene), vitamin C, and vitamin E. They're all antioxidants that protect the cells in your eyes from free radicals, a type of unstable molecule that breaks down healthy tissue.

Don't take your eyes for granted. This is our window to the world. While we're still young and able to prevent any eye ailments, start the healthy habit now. These foods are the best that there is. 

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