Don't Just Sit There! 44 Insights to Get Your Meditation Practice Off the Cushion and Into the Real World

Discover the forty-four laws of life that provide the missing link between the desire to meditate and the motivation needed to maintain a regular meditation practice, process the emotional fallout of meditative experiences, and find spiritual fulfillment.

Biet Simkin knows from personal experience that finding your way to transformation and mindfulness isn’t always easy. Drawing on hard-won wisdom from her journey through addiction, personal tragedy, and the New York rock-n-roll scene, Biet shares the guidance you’ll need to move from meltdowns to miracles.

Don’t Just Sit There! is a guidebook that will empower you to dive into meditation by helping you work through the not-so-peaceful side of achieving peace. With insights on forty-four laws of human experience, it provides week-by-week instructions to process each one. From the Law of Focus to the Law of Desire, these aspects of spiritual life can become obstacles without the tools to properly face them.

Experienced and novice meditators alike can benefit from Biet’s frank, freeing advice on how to establish a lifelong practice in an often chaotic modern world. By confronting the disruptive quality of spiritual life, you can motivate yourself to realize the meditative practice of your dreams.

Biet Simkin is the founder of Center of the Cyclone, an immersive meditation experience, and cofounder of Club SÖDA, an event series exploring sobriety. Featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Elle, she has led meditations at venues like MoMA and Sundance Film Festival, and partnered with brands such as Lululemon, SoulCycle, and Sony.