Jason Garner - ... And I Breathed: My Journey from a Life of Matter to a Life That Matters

JASON GARNER is a husband, father, former Fortune 500 company executive, and spiritual student who spent the first 37 years of his life working his way up from flea market parking attendant to CEO of Global Music at Live Nationnever taking a breath in the belief that to be loved he had to be the best. He has worked with rock stars and sports legends and was twice named to Fortune magazines list of the top 20 highest-paid executives under 40. A series of events centering on the sudden death of his mother from cancer caused him to re-evaluate what really mattered in life ... and to finally breathe. He has spent thousands of hours sitting cross-legged at the feet of timeless Masters of mind, body and spirit including learning from the monks at the Shaolin Temple in China. From an open heart and a sense of confident vulnerability, he now shares the lessons learned on this journey and what he continues to discover through the daily adventure of life at JasonGarner.com.

Jason Garners adventures and observations are parable-like, offering up realizations and lessons that only a person who truly lives from the heart could know and express. I know this book was written with green juices and wild ginseng in Jasons veins, and with wild Reishi mushrooms from the tops of mountains pumping through his heart. This is the book of a man who is a true example of one who has discovered how to live in the heart of the New Yogic Vedanta, the New Zen, and the New Tao, and has seamlessly melded them in a heart of radiant Shen. I recommend this book to all my students and friends.

Ron Teeguarden, Master Herbalist, founder of Dragon Herbs and author of Chinese Tonic Herbs, The Ancient Wisdom of Chinese Herbs and 30 Tips for Living a Long and Happy Life

Filled with great depth of insight and understanding, Jason Garners anthology of personal and intimate stories offers empowering insights that free us from self-sabotaging stories and emotions so that we may create the positive futures we desire. When applied, Jasons insights can dramatically accelerate the expression of our true nature as spiritual beings of unlimited potential.

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., Cell biologist and best-selling author of The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles; The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth; and coauthor of Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (And A Way To Get There From Here)

There is an ancient proverb, When the student is ready the teacher appears. By reading this book you will see intimately that this is exactly the story of Jason Garner, a person ready to master the lessons of life. Not only is this book one of wonderful free-form instruction, but it is a book of great humorfor without this lighter element there is no way to truly learn, to overcome, or to move forward lessons without light are a complete drag.

I highly recommend Jasons stories to everyone who has a goal, a plan, a challenge and a destiny to achieve the ordinary, or perhaps even the extraordinary. And I Breathed is a blueprint for unleashing great success out of the improbableand sometimes, the impossible.

Guru Singh, third-generation yogi and master teacher of Humanology and Kundalini (yoga, meditation and mantra). He is also a musician, composer, and author of five books, including his latest: Buried Treasures: The Journey from Where You Are to Who You Are.

Beautiful, poignant and deep! I loved this book as it touched me on many levels. Jason Garner is refreshingly open and honest with his emotions, which makes this book such a breath of fresh air!

Anita Moorjani, New York Times best-selling author of the book, Dying to be Me, and internationally renowned speaker

We are all like seeds planted in the earth. But without nourishment we cannot reach our full potential. Jason is one of those beings who, like the sun and the rain, imparts wisdom and love to help people grow.

Shaolin Master Wang Bo

For years I had the pleasure of working with Jason, the entertainment executive. Through his blog and this book, I now have the gift of being inspired by the writings of Jason, the awakened man. Jason combines business expertise, spiritual teachings, and real-world sensibility in providing tools everyone can use in finding balance in their busy lives. Jasons insights make finding true peace and joy accessible to us allright from the desks where we are sitting.

Luis Balaguer, Co-founder with Sofia Vergara of Latin World Entertainment

Stripped naked, Jason unveils his heart with profound courage and relentless self honesty. Through laughter and tears, his journey home both humbled and challenged me. I couldnt put it down. This is a book I will cherish and read often.

Anne Mejia, Co-founder Best Friends Animal Society

I have been an editor for 30 years and have crafted many a sentence for others. But never before have I lived a book as I did with And I Breathed. With his words and his wisdom, Jason Garner reached into this editors often jaded soul. His lessons transform the reader: he does not lecture, he guides, sharing what he has been blessed to learn with those who need a gentle push into self-exploration and, ultimately, into a delightful awakening of the human spirit.

Kathleen Yasas, Editor, And I Breathed

This book is a profound and unequalled memoir filled with real-life lessons in the unbelievable journey of Jason Garner, who went from flea market entrepreneur to executive to spiritual student. While this is Jasons story, it represents, in a larger sense, the lives of all of us who have sought the balance between our careers and spirituality. I read this book three times and I cried each time as Jasons adventures and honest teachings touched and inspired me. This book caused me to reflect on my own life, and awakened a spiritual energy that has been locked inside me for many years. We need Jason Garner to keep writing and sharing.

Joe Heitzler, Chairman/CEO of Entertainment Management Group, former Chairman/CEO of CART Racing, and former President of Forum Sports and Entertainment (Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, and Kings)

With unflinching and uncompromising bravery, Jason uncovers his life story with all of the emotions and beliefs attached to it. One by one, he begins to unwind the Gordian knots that bound him inextricably to his past, and that caused him to repeat the very same patterns in his current life that kept him anchored to the blueprint of his childhood behavior. His journey toward light, life, and ultimate fulfillment of self is unique to him, but also so universal that others can readily see themselves in Jasons search for a life of love, purpose, and passion.

I defy anyone to read this book and not be moved to tears, or become inspired to examine and transform their own life.

Beverly Kitaen Morse, Ph.D., Executive Director, Integrative Body Psychotherapy Training Institute, Co-author of The Intimate Couple with Jack Rosenberg, Ph.D.

MY JOURNEY FROM A LIFE OF MATTER
TO A LIFE THAT MATTERS

JASON GARNER

FIRST EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2014

Copyright 2014 by Jason Garner

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the Author.

ISBN: 978-0-578-14835-9

Manufactured in the United States of America

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