Hi
A student once asked Shunryu
Suzuki Roshi to summarize Buddhism in one sentence. Roshi’s response? 'Everything changes.' Impermanence.—Make Every Move a Meditation, page 186
If you preordered my next book, Make Every Move a Meditation: Mindful Movement for Mental Health, Well-being, and Insight, you've probably already received a notice saying it won't be published as scheduled.
Glitches happen.
Impermanence.
In this case, COVID19 laid low one of the final editors during the window when she was supposed to eagle eye this
book. Gratefully, she recovered. And now, the book is winging its way through the end stages of the publishing process.
It's not a huge delay—from August 9th to either September 6th (likely) or September
13th (less likely)—but it's not what we promised. I so appreciate your patience with the change.
While I was disappointed, I had no time to fret. The process required me to devote much of the past ten
days to reviewing the final version of the book, inside and out. I spent a day and a half reading the interior "proof" from front to back, finding anything I wanted the publisher to change.
Then, I squinted at the screen for two more days rereading the proof I'd just corrected, looking at it from back to front, sentence by sentence, beginning with the final sentence of the final page and working my way forward, making still more changes.
Once I was satisfied with the interior, Ed and I created a small index.
Finally, we gave the "jacket" (the front and back covers) a hard look as well.
Imagine a flurry of emails among me, Ed, editors, designers, and the associate publisher. Now, feel the wave of calm as I wait for the actual, physical book to land in my hands.
Impermanence.
Meanwhile, Ed and the publisher's marketing team scrambled to postpone events.
One in-person event is confirmed: I'm doing a reading and talk at the Upper Arlington Senior Center current events program on Tuesday, September 27th at 2pm ET. Registration is required.
I will let you know as soon as I have other event details.
All of this made me so grateful to have a meditation practice. Yes, I put miles on my feet. Yes, I wrote about this process. But the ability let my unpleasant thoughts and body sensations (all the emotions, every single one) be, made it less of a trial than it would have been if I didn't have those skills.
That's the main reason I'm so excited about this book. I've put what I know on those pages, hoping you too will learn to experience impermanence and not suffer through it.
If you haven't yet secured your copy of either the paperback or ebook, you can find it anywhere you like to buy books. BUY NOW.
Take care. Be well.
