The First 8 Exercises of Mindful Breathing | Thich Nhat Hanh (short teaching video) 

1. Aware of Inner & Outer breathe 2. Follow inner & outer breathe 3. Aware of body 4. Calm your body & release tense 5. Generating Joy 6. Generating happiness 7. Aware of pain (don't fight with it) 8. Calm down the pain (mindfulness takes care of anger/pain)

I have paid 100s of dollars to organizations teaching meditation... but this video is hands down the best. in just 24 minutes he communicates more than days worth of meditation retreats. This is amazing!!!!

This practice has saved my life for deep pain and suffering inflicted by very unhealthy people around me during my last pregnancy . I was able to cultivate compassion for them , transform my suffering into love and now have a thriving 2 year old daughter . Stress kills babies and she is the MOST compassionate and loving soul . And 3 years later I’m revisiting it again , and will continue to pass the his work into all of my children and use to help continue the work on myself so I may help transform humanity . I Thank you Thay with the highest form of gratitude and all of plum village for the work that you do .

If you're reading this right now, this year is your year to achieve things you've never dreamed of achieving. You got this! Go out there and do what you need to do - and don't forget to get rid of all that toxic energy in your life. Stop allowing it to hold you back.

1. Aware inbreath out breath 2. Follow 3. Aware of your body. = Mindfullness 4. Bereathing in and calmn body 5.Generate Joy 6.Generate Happiness 7.Aware of Pain 8. Calm

I feel so peaceful whenever I see master Thich. He should've won Nobel Peace Prize, not a politician that just got elected and did not have a chance to do anything yet. But again, maybe it means nothing to master Thich anyway.

When I was a kid I remember enjoying my life more deeply/fully and this was something that I could not feel anymore for some reason as an adult. The last I time went to a forest for a walk I focused on the breathing and present moment and I could feel this pleasant feeling one more time for the first time since a very long time without worrying about anything, that was quite extraordinary. Thank you, I will keep practicing.

May all human being be happy...love from Indonesia.

Rest in love, my dear teacher! Thank you for guiding us all towards peace and love.

"There is no fighting, there is no violence done to our suffering." And I recognized how many times we are not kind to ourselves when we mostly need it. Thank you!

The master has a child like simplicity.

Rest in Peace and Light to this wonderful being. We are Vietnamese people who are always proud of you, thank You so much.

Thay is the mirror of peaceful mind! Whenever I watch the videos of Thay, I am at peace at once. His voice, face, manner just make me at peace . I am just aware of this today! Love Thay! You are the living Buddha!

just imagine a world where everyone is truly clam and happy like this man...

Master is teaching 1) Anapana meditation 2) Vipassana meditation 3) Metta meditation in 8 simple steps 😊😊

I first tried meditation 50 years ago. I have never felt a single second of joy, either from meditation or from some outward source.

Every time I listen to Thay I feel a great sense of peace and calmness. He is such a gift to mankind.

This information is more valuable then any richness or wealth, an inch of mindfulness is all needed, just one breath will change the life forever, may the budha in you be in joy and peace. Thank you so much.

Even the light touch with which he holds that marker when he writes shows how calm he is.

The entire Universe is revolving around the Master. How HE is walking, teaching , a total Happiness in face! Amazing.... Bow down under His feet

Thich Nhat Hahn's teachings have been so helpful to me!I have been using mindfulness practices to help me with my pain management program for years, plus it has aided me in my depression so much. I am always a student. Always practicing. He was a blessing.

Rest in Peace. Thank you for all this beautiful and precious teaching about mindfulness and love!

I've heard and read explanation of these exercises many times. But this is the fist time it's so clear.

A great teacher. An example for humanity, resting along a path now.

1. be aware of your in-breath and out-breath 2. follow your in-breath and out-breath 3. be aware of your body 4. calm your body / release the tension with your out-breath 5. generate a feeling of joy / go home to the present moment 6. generate happiness 7. be aware of a painful feeling or emotion that is coming up in me / don't try to cover up or run away from the pain inside / embrace the pain tenderly: "Hello, my Little Pain. I know you are there. I will take good care of you." (Whether that is anger or fear or jealousy or despair.) Our pain, our suffering is our baby. The energy of mindfulness generated by our practice is the Loving Mother. Be there for your painful feeling or emotion. Continue to breathe and to walk in such a way that the energy of mindfulness continues to be produced. You recognize the pain and you embrace the pain tenderly. 8. calm down the pain like a Mother holding the baby (helping it suffer less) / recognize and hold that energy of fear and anger: A good practitioner tries to be with the pain. She knows how to handle a feeling of pain and a strong emotion.

I love him so much because he is so simple and unbelievably helpful.

It’s incredible when you see him do small things like write on the board and be completely absorbed in the action, as if he’s never done anything so great, I don’t mean ego of teaching others but literally the sounds of the marker on the board and the visual of the word. It’s his “door” metaphor in action.

Its like calm stream of flowing water he explained all 8 points.Once in a lifetime god sent someome to rescue human being. I am sure many sufferer can have benefited and changed their life with his teachings. "his presence makes me calm and his pure smile makes me smile" :)

A beloved star! He'll always be in my heart. R.I.P (October 11, 1926 - January 22, 2022.)

THANK LORD ALMIGHTY JESUS, THIS MAN, "TELL ME DIFFERENTLY "??!! HE HAS BEEN ANNOITED WITH THE PEACE OF GOD & SHARES IT. THIS HAS SAVED MY EARTHLY 🌎 🙌 BODY. Thank You Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh & Plum Village! Praise the LORD! Hallelujah hallelujah IN🙌🙏🏼🫶🏻🙏🏼🙌 capital letters.

I listened to teacher Thay to get to sleep in my pain times of emotional grief when I could not sleep. I heard his teaching but did not practice. One night I was so distraught and hopeless and when listening I breathed in and out once with mindfulness and felt immediately the replief Thay teaches 😮 surprised humbled and delighted I laughed out loud as I had not believed it properly until then - forever grateful .. and to all those technicians who make it available on the web Thankyou so much ❤

This man radiates an energy that just makes me want to have a big, honest smile on my face

Thanks Thay, those videos, your voice and truthness always calm myself, wherever you are may you have peace.🙏

The more we hear our BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS BY A GREAT MASTER , THE WHOLE WORLD CALMS DOWN SPREADING THE WORD SO PRECIOUS TO ALL THE MANKIND AS WELL AS ANIMELS ,KNOWN AS PEACE. May all live in PEACE.

Thank you Thy for all your help. I Love You and I have never met you. I can feel your beautiful calmness through your voice and ways about you. I am so sad that you left this earth, but happy that I found you just before. There is a lot out there about mindfulness and meditation, people are using it to sale, and it is cheesy, taking advantage of people that are in pain, but this is real and genuine.

Everything he says and does in this video is peaceful, slow, smooth, and intentionally in-the-moment. Incredible !! RIP.

Amo a THAY! Gracias THAY! Graciasssss ❤

I am grateful for these simple yet deeply impacting teachings.

"I will continue to be...a flower or a leaf...+ send you a greeting. If you are aware, you will recognize me, and you will be smiling at me. +I will be very happy." OUR TEACHER TNH 🙏🏽 🙏🏽 🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️ 🙏🏽 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Namo AMITABHA 🙏🏽 🙏🏽🙏🏽 THẦY vẫn ở mãi trong LÒNG của CHÚNG CON❤️❤️❤️ Dear TEACHER, You will forever stay in our HEART and our MIND ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you, its a great process described again! Thank you.

As long as one practice mindfulness of breathing, walking... we honor Sri Thich Nhat Hanh, we ensure that all His Noble renunciation, sacrifice & pain was not in vain.

Just paying attention to breathing can make me aware of my mind, and I can be happy and calm. It's amazing. I need to practice what I learned.

How sweet and good it is to listen to Thay. He gives me strength, compassion and calmness. Thank you dear Thay now in Nirvana 🙏🏻✨💖

A rare happening : I see a real HEALER unbelievable precious ..my deep thanks 🙏🏻 from my heart❤

“If the air is fresh and the nose is free” 🙏💪🔥

May all sentient beings be free from suffering

I love him so much. Thank you dearest Thay for your teachings of the Buda and for being a Buda yourself, and for share, your kind-beautiful wisdom and knowledge 🙏🌹

Thank you for the brilliant transformative mother-baby metaphor on pain. Treating our pain as a baby. Incorporating this perspective is important for self-mastery and relationship with others. I am grateful.

I just LOVE this man 💜 Dear Thay speaks so much sense.... He smiles..... I smile 🙏

Thich Nhat Hanh was a living Buddha who accompanied us for 95 years but his teachings will remain forever 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

if the mind is full you need this indeed

When we eat the right food which is made by mother nature for humans i e fruits vegetable leaves flowers and water in their originall form without cooking we automatically become more mindful and non violent to ourselves and also to others

Hoà Thượng Thích Nhất Hạnh: chăm chỉ tu hành và sống một cuộc đời thanh bần, hoà thượng là tấm gương sáng cho các ti sĩ Phật giáo VN.

Thank you for uploading this gem!

A part about taking care of our pain is so so so so so wonderful, loving, beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ Grateful 🫀

Since I have been searching for good and effective MINDFULNESS MEDITATION, I found a lot, try to practice them all at different times and I end up being very confused 🥹 like (jack of all trades , master of none) Until I came across this teaching of Master Thich Nhat Hanh that is very clear and very profound and effective. Thank you sir for this teaching and I elevated in my life with positives.

What a gift to the world! Thank you for all you have done master 🦋

Has got the most beautiful letter on blackboard that i never see before. 🙌

What a soothing voice you have nurtured Master🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

Wonderful and important Teachings ! He is so lovely! And kind!

You don't need to find joy in the future, you can generate joy in the present. Beautiful teaching. 💕

muito obrigada pelo ensinamento, vou colocar em pratica. sou brasileira e tenho 72 anos, achei muito importante, Grata. शिक्षण के लिए बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद, मैं इसे अभ्यास में लाऊंगा। मैं ब्राजीलियाई हूं और मैं 72 साल का हूं, मुझे लगा कि यह बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है, आभारी

An endearing and sweet man. A joy to watch him.

Insightful teaching as always. Practical practices to deal with everyday stresses, and to achieve peace of mind, understanding and compassion. Thank you teacher . Thank you Buddha.

What a beautiful teaching, Thank You so much Plum Village and Thay 🙏❤

Thank you so much for this teaching with Thay, it was so beautiful and the Energie is so good. You all have this Energie of Thay en you beloved monks and disciples. Much love for you all!❤🍁🙏

I am grateful to the master. His voice face just brings calmness.

Thank you ❤

Allo guys, I recently in meditations asked for help with what we call “flash anger”. These are flashes so powerful an that they disturb almost every aspect of our lives. I’d luv to say Thankyou to our Lord Buddha for sending help to rid my life of this awful aspect of my upbringing an life! Thankyou goes to our increadible Tich, an his teachings. One day I’ll go either to Deer Park or Plumb Village, ? I’ll leave this choice to trust an be decided by higher forces. Thanks for sharing guys Thanks to all da incredible teachers that Our great teacher an Messager Tich. Paul 10.44 gmt Uk cheers

Thank you for your knowing Master. Guru. 🙏🏽

Thank you for posting this beautifully inspiring and profoundly educational video. Some of the most valuable lessons I have ever learned in my life about how to be fully human.

Thank you alot, I have no word how to express gratitude for sharing this most valuable lesson, as I following Buddhism I realised how such a beautiful way to know life and dharma...!! Sabbo Mangal Bhawatu !!

I don't understand everything may be because I don't have good English skills. But I felt peace. Thank you!

Listening to the living Buddha Thich Hahn is an exercise of mindfulness unto itself..

Thank you, Thay, for the peace you brought to all beings on this earth.

He himself encompasses you like Fresh Air. So calm & extremely peaceful within. 🙏✊🙏

simply extraordinary teaching!! :-)

Thank You very much for such valuable lessons of life. It comes in a very pertinent moment of my life. THANK YOU.

Just looking at him smile makes me happy ❤️

Remarkable man… I especially liked the mother holding persons (child’s pain - with full acceptance Bc we all have it )

I am so thankful for his teachings. I think the accessibility and, at times, simplicity paired with the profound outcome(s) or results - simply wonderful!

Thank you so much for this great info!!

He was an elevated being

My deep appreciation and devotion to this great son of the Buddha. May his teachings dispel the blindness of all sentient beings. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu 🙏🙏🙏

"it's pleasant to breathe" ... Yes it is as to breathe and be free to breathe in and out implies to be alive ... we breathe only only when WE are alive and if it's good to breathe freely make sense it's good to be alive ... It's good to be alive ... thank you to recall that to us master 🙏

His voice is so peaceful

Deep gratitude and Love.. master 🙏

Happiness being the only great teaching one get from this beautiful episode

Always lovely to hear Beloved Teacher Master Thay ~ Love to you all ~ Louise

Thank you Teacher. Thank you Plum Village for your loving kindness 🙏

Thank you for the beautiful teaching of meditation,, I could sense peace in your face expression and the tone of the voice 🙏🏼

Dear Thay, you have given us all we need to continue our mindful walk on this Earth. In gratefulness we will miss you so much.

I know everyone who is here already knows this but I just want to shout to world.... THIS!! This guy right here! So much suffering. So much thrashing about. So much violence could be lessened.

Love you. With lots of love 💗. You really save my life& give the path for my life Lot's of love 💗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I shall practice the first technique. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

Thankyou Guru 🙏 Listening to you voice puts me in peace. Like everything is good right now.

Thank you Guruji.

thank you so much ❤❤

Literally so calming just to listen to him ❤