DEVON AND NICO HASE mentor dharma practitioners online, teach meditation on the Simple Habit app, and lead meditation retreats throughout North America and Europe. Devon teaches at the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock and mentors mindfulness teachers for Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. Nico spent six years in a Zen monastery and then completed a PhD in counseling psychology before making his topsy-turvy transition into teaching mindfulness, meditation, and dharma full time. Devon and nico have studied closely with Joseph Goldstein, Tara Brach, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and many others in the Insight, Zen, and Vajrayana traditions. These days they live together in urban retreat in Ashland, Oregon, splitting each week between retreat practice and dharma mentoring. Their first book, How Not to Be a Hot Mess- A Survival Guide for Modern Life, offers six really good pieces of semi-Buddhist advice to keep you anchored and steady amidst the chaos of modern life. To learn more, visit https-//devonandnicohase.com/
“Smart, deep, and inspiring, this ‘survival guide’ shines a light
on the societal forces that confuse our minds and close our hearts,
and offers doable and rewarding ways to clear, heal, and free
ourselves. You have in your hands a fun-to-read book that can
up-level your game as an awake, honest, kind, generous, happy
being.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance
“Modern life is messy, aggravating, even injurious. Despite this
truth, the authors show us how to see the goodness. This book is
part of that goodness—transforming the ability to survive into the
ability to thrive.”—Larry Yang, author of Awakening Together
“For Devon and Craig Hase, a clear mind and wise choices are what
enable us to define ourselves in a frenetic world. Writing with a
combination of wit, refreshing honesty, and wisdom, they give us a
guide to reclaiming our true selves from the definitions of the
world, so that we can enjoy the happiness this brings.”—Sharon
Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness
“In their excellent first book, Devon and Craig Hase offer a
remarkably effective roadmap to living life with greater ease and
full integrity. I’m delighted to recommend this new book to
absolutely everyone—especially millennials.”—Susan Kaiser
Greenland, author of Mindful Games and The Mindful
Child, founder of Inner Kids
“How Not to Be a Hot Mess by Craig and Devon Hase is an
engaging exploration of how to bring dharma practice into the
nitty-gritty of our lives. It offers a clear-sighted view of
the challenges of these times and the potential for living with
integrity and deepening understanding in the midst of them. As its
subtitle suggests, it is indeed a survival guide for modern
life—a guide written with insight, humor, and great
friendliness.”—Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness
“This book is more ‘walk’ than ‘talk,’ though it's backed by
serious Buddhist philosophy, scientific research, and personal
stories. Mindfulness is just the beginning—if we're still acting
like messes or jerks, as if our practice is all about ‘me’ feeling
better, then we probably need to attune more deeply into our innate
goodness and make a few changes. In a sweetly humorous tone, Devon
and Craig invite us to take a super-serious look at how we
live. A long-overdue contribution to the mindfulness
conversation.”—Kate Lila Wheeler
“In this animated debut, the Hases, a married couple and cofounders
of a company that offers mindfulness classes and retreats, pinpoint
six core principles inspired by Buddhism that will serve readers
who feel ‘blinded by the blizzard of information, the typhoon of
opinion and judgment.’ Studding each of their steps with
mindfulness exercises, the authors stress that present, clear
thought and action remain their guiding principles. Aiming to help
readers ‘live an ethical and energized life,’ this should appeal to
those interested in the potential benefits of
mindfulness.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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