Praise for Three minutes a day

"Research scientist and longtime Buddhist practitioner Richard Dixey offers readers some 'meditation experiments' to help us to cultivate deepening practice and insights. The book is designed for the true beginner who wonders, 'Why meditate at all?' and for whom a regular daily practice comes most smoothly in secular, bite-sized pieces. . . . This is a satisfying and thorough read grounded in practical exercises and explanations for why they work, offering solid, simple tools centered on the body and awareness.” 

— Lion’s Roar

“For anyone who has struggled to establish a meditation practice — or, alternatively, isn't yet convinced they ought to try — this book offers an unusually simple and elegant way forward. Three minutes a day is much too short a period to trigger the usual resistance, yet it’s easily enough to begin to experience the profound benefits of cultivating the mind.”

— Oliver Burkeman, bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

“Richard Dixey effectively punctures the myth that meditation has to be a long, tedious slog. Instead, he offers a savory tasting menu of approaches and experiences. The changing flavors keep us interested, and the bite-size portions keep us encouraged that we really can do it.”

— Dean Sluyter, author of Natural Meditation and The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature

“Finally, a user-friendly owner’s manual for the mind! This book takes you on a journey with engaging exercises that are perfectly paced, covers all the dos and don’ts of developing a meaningful meditation practice, and provides profound insights into the nature of mind. Written in such a clear and concise way, it will enrich beginning and experienced meditators alike.”

— Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, director of P’hurba Thinley Ling and Saraswati Publications

“Brilliant. With his years of experience, depth of understanding, and innate wisdom, Richard Dixey is able to take the reader on a meditation journey that is clear, strong, and transformative. This book is not to be gobbled but lived, with the author by your side as a friend and fine teacher. I loved it.”

— Victoria Riskin, president and publisher of Bluedot Living

It wasn’t until I read Richard Dixey’s new book Three Minutes a Day that I clearly understood what goes on with meditation exactly, which compellingly would convince anyone wondering why to make it part of life…..Dixey gets inside the process of mind in ways rarely articulated, and with the wisdom of the ancients informing his perspective.

The most profound thing about meditating is liberation from the prison of our own cognition, and the ability to determine our future from a base of calm clarity, that is free from the past. Hello, who doesn’t want to create a liberated future?

— Marlena Rich on Medium.