Cornerstone Press gets in the zone with Lakhiani's 'radical' meditation guide

Cornerstone Press has landed Zero Bullsh*t Meditation: The 6 Phase Meditation Method by Vishen Lakhiani, a "revolutionary" results-driven guide to the spiritual practice.

Editorial director Anna Argenio acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the guide from Rachel Berkowitz at Rodale/Penguin Random House US. Cornerstone will publish in hardback, e-book and audio on 22nd September.

"Used daily by athletes, artists, rock stars and c.e.o.s, the Six Phase Meditation is a productivity-inducing protocol that empowers you to get focused, find peace and manifest your goals all in 15 minutes a day," the synopsis reads. "The key to unlocking all this? Six unique thought exercises to run through in your head as a hyper-efficient programming script. Like Tabata training for the brain, the principle behind it is that a short burst of intense exercise can induce the same benefits as a longer, slower practice.

"Lakhiani has hosted nearly a thousand interviews with neuroscientists, monks, yogis, and meditation experts. He has distilled thousands of years of psycho-spiritual wisdom to create the Six Phase Meditation Method — aka, Zero Bullsh*t Meditation."

Lakhiani is the founder and c.e.o. of Mindvalley, a personal growth education empire with more than two million students, which teaches "revolutionary success systems" for succeeding in life via online learning platforms, storytelling, filmmaking, and live events. He is the author of The Buddha and the Badass and The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, which has been translated into more than 20 languages, according to the publisher.

"I am delighted to be publishing Vishen Lakhiani’s revolutionary and radical Zero Bullsh*t Meditation," Argenio said. "What is unique about Vishen is how down-to-earth, accessible and results-driven his programme is. This is a book for the everyday, ambitious reader who is looking to improve their performance and ultimately find greater purpose and success. And with famous high achievers crediting Vishen’s meditation programme for their success, you know that this is a method that works."