Stay Woke

“Williams has created something special that can truly help us expand our self-awareness. This inspiring book will uplift many by genuinely meeting people where they are at. Out of the many voices in the world, this is one we should listen to.” ―Yung Pueblo [Diego Perez], author of Inward―Yung Pueblo [Diego Perez], author of Inward

“Justin is an empathetic guide who expertly meets his readers wherever they are on the meditation mountain. Far more than a meditation book, Stay Woke is a masterful handbook for life.” ―Chip Conley, New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Equations

“The world needs all its flowers, and you are one. Whether for personal stress reduction, a greater sense of belonging and being beautiful and OK as you are, or for catalyzing racial, social, and economic justice in our time, this book could be a godsend, a portal into embodied clarity, wakefulness, meaning, and action. Enter. Enter. Enter. And trust in your capacity to flower in your own way for the sake of the world.” ―Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Mindfulness for All, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

“Justin Michael Williams made meditation accessible for me. He demystified it and showed me it didn’t have to be such hard work, that I could make it work for me.” ― Dyllón Burnside, actor

“We movement creators, makers, and practitioners often lose ourselves in the need to strategize and react to the everyday ongoing traumas in our society, while neglecting our own mental and physical wellbeing―fact! Justin Michael Williams’s book, Stay Woke: A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us, debunks the mystery of meditation and gives us the permission that is so needed to create our own personalized practice. He reminds us that by creating space for truth and self-care we are better, more conscious, and more creative allies and leaders.” ―Gina Belafonte, actress and activist

“Clear, empowering, practical, and joyful.” ―Jack Kornfield, author A Path with Heart