Be Your Sh*tty Self,' the new book by yoga / mediation instructor, personal trainer and musician Mark Van Buren, is a realistic roadmap for working towards inner peace without being detoured by the concept of a need for self-improvement.
Subtitled 'An Honest Approach to a More Peaceful Life,' Van Buren subtly distills meditation ethos with Buddhist concepts and a sense of humor to show how everything life throws your way, good or bad, can be used as a means to self-awareness, and the cultivation of compassion, acceptance, and loving-kindness. Keying in on the notion that everything we need to achieve inner peace is already in our lives - yet for so many people is blocked by a feeling that who we are and what we have never seem to be good enough - Van Buren shows how to tap into that inner peace through spiritual self-examination, meditation and mindfulness. It's not about changing yourself, but recognizing your world - internally and externally, warts and all - and fully becoming yourself. No matter how good or bad your life may seem to be, each moment can point you in the direction of peace, compassion, and awakening if you learn how to work with circumstances rather than be worked over by them. Everything you need is already here in this moment, and Be Your Sh*tty Self teaches how to tap into it and enrich your life.