SEBASTOPOL --

Copperfield’s Books welcomes world-renowned consciousness teacher Peter Russell to Sebastopol in celebration of his new book - How to Meditate Without Even Trying (Eckhart Tolle Editions)!

Join us for a thoughtful evening including a reading, mindfulness exercise and discussion.

Audience Q&A and book signing with photo opportunities to follow.

Registration recommended for seating. Free and open to the public.

A refreshingly simple approach to meditation that replaces effort with ease and shows how true peace of mind is always closer than we think.

What if meditation didn't require discipline, technique, or hours of sitting still but was actually something you looked forward to?

In How to Meditate Without Even Trying, Peter Russell shares the liberating insight at the heart of his decades-long teaching: the harder we try to meditate, the more we get in our own way. Russell shows that true meditation is instead about the practice of allowing: releasing effort, relaxing the mind, and gently returning to the present moment.

In clear and calming prose, he walks readers through a minimalist approach to meditation designed to help them:

- cultivate presence without controlling their thoughts

- let go of resistance, tension, and emotional discomfort

- reclaim their natural inner calm -- even in a noisy, busy world

- integrate mindfulness into daily life through "mini" and "micro" meditations

- rediscover the practice as a source of joy, clarity, and deep contentment

Rooted in both lived experience and timeless wisdom, this is a book to keep within arm's reach -- an invitation to stop striving and start being.

Author: World-renowned consciousness teacher Peter Russell is the author of How to Meditate Without Even Trying, and eleven other books including Letting Go of Nothing and From Science to God. A teacher of meditation for more than fifty years, he believes the critical challenge of today is freeing human thinking from the limited beliefs and attitudes that lie behind many of our problems — personal, social, and global. He has inspired thousands through his talks, teachings, retreats, and popular online courses. Visit him online at at http://www.peterrussell.com