Our Books

Please scroll down to see our books. Our new book, ‘Awakening at Home’, is now available as an ebook for your order.

What people are saying…

Within these pages, Jacqueline Kramer teaches us how to spin straw into gold! Drawing on her own decades of spiritual practice and the learning gained through being a single mother, a grandmother, and having lived with chronic illness, Jacqueline weaves together the wisdom and love of ancient spiritual traditions with the realities of contemporary living to give us this practical guide for bringing meaning into our lives.

- Bhikkhuni Anandabodhi, Co-Founder of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery, CA

Kramer's ‘Awakening at Home’ distills the essence of the wisdom gained in her decades long Buddhist meditation, her experience as a Mom, and her personal growth. This book is very accessible, helpful, and inspirational for anyone wanting to connect with themselves spiritually and bring peace to their heart.

- Lama Palden Drolma, founder and senior lama of Sukhasiddhi Foundation

This beautiful and deeply practical book offers invaluable stories and practices based in ancient traditions that are accessible and real, without any adherence to belief systems. Kramer has invited us to share in her process of practicing awakening in ways that are pragmatic, mystical and illuminate a pathway toward ways of being that are more balanced, joyful and present to the truths of what is. ‘Awakening at Home' is a must read for anyone who is grappling with the various challenges that life throws our way, and anyone who wishes to find practices that bring greater peace and joy into their daily lives. Jacqueline offers her own diligently-earned and wise counsel. Her guidance is easy to read and nourishing to absorb, as its imbued with deep authenticity and humility.

- Nina Simons Author, Nature, Culture & Spirit: A Woman Listens for Leadership Co-founder, Bioneers

I wish to congratulate Jacqueline for having successfully made, through her well lived practices, the profound Dharma accessible to us seekers who are ordinary householders. In this small book, Jacqueline speaks directly to our hearts with her vivid accounts and authentic, yet artistic, analyses of our resistance to “get to the pillow and stay seated until the bell rings”. She has also offered compassionate support and wise guidance for us to get over that steep climb to achieve the heroic act of sitting practice in order to “find happiness where we are”— even in illness, as we learn from Jacqueline’s first-hand experiences struggling over many years. Once again, Jacqueline has beautifully integrated and skillfully shared her reflections as a mother, meditator, and meditation teacher. Joining Jacqueline, I would like to invite you all to also step onto this worthwhile path of “gradual awakening” by reading this book to start with!

- Christie Chang, PhD. Joint President of International Buddhist Confederation and former Sakyadhita International President

In times when our homes are not just a metaphorical refuge- but places of safety from an invisible microbe changing the way we think, behave, work, play, and interact- 'Awakening at Home' poignantly offers the depth of guidance many of us seek. With healing insights, Jacqueline models how to transform a home into a temple. Reading this book feels like being listened to and understood by a wise and loving woman.

- Paula Arai, PhD. author of 'Women Living Zen', 'Bringing Zen Home', and 'Painting Enlightenment'.

Buddha Mom: A Journey Through Mindful Mothering

by Jacqueline Kramer

Jacqueline Kramer offers important, empowering, and compassionate words, reminding us to tend out lives as sacred temples  to awaken where we are.

- Jack Kornfield