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Meditation / by Domyo Sater Burk.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Idiot's guidesPublisher: New York, New York : Alpha, a member of Penguin Random House LLC, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1615648860
  • 9781615648863 (paperback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part 1: The Basics of Meditation -- 1 What Is Meditation? -- 2 Basic Meditation Postures -- 3 Getting Started with Meditation -- Part 2: Meditation for Enlightenment -- 4 Yoga Meditation -- 5 Insight Meditation -- 6 Zen Meditation -- 7 Vajrayana Meditation -- Part 3: Devotional Meditation -- 8 Jewish Meditation -- 9 Christian Contemplative Prayer -- 10 Sufi Meditation -- 11 Native America Meditative Practices -- Part 4: Secular Meditation -- 12 Mindfulness Meditation -- 13 Other Secular Meditation Techniques -- Part 5: More Ways to Meditate -- 14 More Meditation Traditions -- 15 Meditative Movement -- 16 Meditative Activities -- 17 Meditations for Specific Challenges -- 18 Meditation for Children -- Part 6: Taking It Deeper -- 19 Developing a Meditation Practice Over Time -- 20 Letting Meditation Transform Your Life.
Summary: "Meditation enables you to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect your mind, body, and soul. Covering a variety of types of meditations, each with practices and exercises to deepen your practice, this helpful guide leads you on the path to improved health and well-being,"--page [4] of cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 158.12 B959 Available 33111008440949
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Relieve stress and improve your understanding of yourself with the ultimate meditation guide for beginners

While meditation is viewed in many ways, it's essentially the slowing down of your thoughts in order to achieve awareness. Most meditation practitioners use it as a means of focusing their thoughts and relaxing in their space and mind. Many use it as a daily form of prayer. Meditation can help focus your thinking, lower your stress levels, lower risks for medical issues (such as high blood pressure, glucose levels, and heart disease) and is considered to be preventative medicine. It promotes mind-body balance and fitness, mindfulness, and creativity.

Idiot's Guides ®: Meditation offers a concise, easy-to-grasp primer on the numerous types of meditation and how to practice them. This book includes:

· The definition and fundamental basics of meditation.
· Preparing to meditate: what, when, and where to meditate.
· Tips for dealing with distractions while meditating.
· Working meditation into your daily life.
· Types of meditation: Zen, Vipassana (breathing), Tibetan Buddhist, mindfulness, Jewish meditation, Christian prayer, Sufi meditation, and Native American meditation.
· The physical and mental benefits of each type of meditation.
· Mind-body connection (dealing with emotional challenges and habitual patterns).
· Meditation in adults and children.
· Healing meditation (dealing with pain).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.

Part 1: The Basics of Meditation -- 1 What Is Meditation? -- 2 Basic Meditation Postures -- 3 Getting Started with Meditation -- Part 2: Meditation for Enlightenment -- 4 Yoga Meditation -- 5 Insight Meditation -- 6 Zen Meditation -- 7 Vajrayana Meditation -- Part 3: Devotional Meditation -- 8 Jewish Meditation -- 9 Christian Contemplative Prayer -- 10 Sufi Meditation -- 11 Native America Meditative Practices -- Part 4: Secular Meditation -- 12 Mindfulness Meditation -- 13 Other Secular Meditation Techniques -- Part 5: More Ways to Meditate -- 14 More Meditation Traditions -- 15 Meditative Movement -- 16 Meditative Activities -- 17 Meditations for Specific Challenges -- 18 Meditation for Children -- Part 6: Taking It Deeper -- 19 Developing a Meditation Practice Over Time -- 20 Letting Meditation Transform Your Life.

"Meditation enables you to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect your mind, body, and soul. Covering a variety of types of meditations, each with practices and exercises to deepen your practice, this helpful guide leads you on the path to improved health and well-being,"--page [4] of cover.

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