Meditation For Dummies
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Meditation For Dummies
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The popular guide-over 80,000 copies sold of the first edition-now revised and enhanced with an audio CD of guided meditations
According to Time magazine, over 15 million Americans now practice meditation regularly. It’s a great way to reduce stress, increase energy, and enjoy better health. This fun and easy guide has long been a favorite with meditation newcomers. And now it’s even better. For this new edition, author Stephan Bodian has added an audio CD with more than 70 minutes of guided meditations that are keyed to topics in the book, from tuning in to one’s body, transforming suffering, and replacing negative patterns to grounding oneself, consulting the guru within, and finding a peaceful place. The book also discusses the latest research on the health benefits of meditation, along with new advice on how to get the most out of meditation in today’s fast-paced world.
Stephan Bodian (Fairfax, CA and Sedona, AZ) is a licensed psychotherapist and the former editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal. He has written for Fitness, Alternative Medicine, Cooking Light, and Tricycle and is the coauthor of Buddhism For Dummies (0-7645-5359-3).Amazon.com Review
“To tell you the truth, you can learn the basics of meditation in five minutes,” asserts Stephan Bodian, meditation instructor, psychotherapist, and former editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal. You can also study meditation for years, exploring its subtleties. Meditation for Dummies is a simple, clear introduction to the basics of meditation, including an overview of dozens of techniques, practices, and specific meditations, plus direction for going deeper. You get step-by-step instructions for a variety of meditations, including body position, mental concentration, where to put your attention, what to contemplate or notice, physical movements, and breathing. A nice touch is the recurring “traditional wisdom”: ancient stories or anecdotes that make a point. This book is useful whether you want the nuts and bolts for getting started in the next minute or you want to dip your mind into different practices and philosophies. Nothing is too elementary to explain: “how to sit up straight–and live to tell about it,” what to wear, dealing with fear and self-judgment, and what to do when you get “stuck.” You also get plenty of information about the benefits and varieties of meditation. You’re bound find and develop a practice that feels right for you. –Joan Price
Meditation For Dummies
This book really isn’t so good… The first 150 pages is used to really show how the AUTHOR thinks of things, and HIS filosophies… (sp?) Then the meditation, its shown pretty good on 20 pages, and thats it. Then there are all the history and stuff once more! Sure, it learned me to meditate, but i could have saved countles hours if someone just said “close your eyes, repeat a word in your mind, and you got it” instead of reading all this stuff, which i dont even agree with!
I was expecting a rudimentary course on the subject of meditation. Something that would be clear and coherent and easy for a novice to understand. I wasted my money. This book is hard to keep in your hands, easy to lose focus. Not at all what I expected
The book itself was a good introduction, however I felt it didnt grab me, as a reader , well enough. Difficult to explain , I guess I can say the book didn’t really grab my attention and make me want to go and meditate.
However, this book was a good introduction to meditation. If you already understand the fundamentals of meditation and know the background, I suggest you skip the book, otherwise go ahead and check it out, its worth it!
The style of meditation described in this book is much too complicated. Meditation, to be effective, has to be effortless. Maharishi is the top expert in this area. There is a good reason why TM, transcendental meditation, is so popular with millions of practioners having learned over the last 50 years.
too much abstract stuff on the leading chapters ; always talking about how meditation practice will do you good … Well, I already know meditation is very good , O.K.? Just tell me what to do and how to do
! procedures ! guys ! what we dummies need is procedures ! When I finally reach the chapters about procedures I had been very far away from ” awareness” and instead I was in a state of ” drowsiness ” ! Dummy people like myself definitely need a more concise book .