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The Posture of Meditation

Author : Will Johnson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834842912
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Posture of Meditation written by Will Johnson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25th anniversary edition of the classic, comprehensive guide on meditation posture and how to carry its benefits into everyday life—for practitioners of all skill levels When it comes to meditation practices, the body is as important as the mind—a fact that may come as a surprise to the many people who regard meditation as a strictly mental activity. But, as Will Johnson shows, the physical aspect of the practice is far too often underemphasized. The alert-yet-relaxed sitting posture that is the common denominator of so many meditative techniques is a wonderful aid for clearing the mind and opening the heart, but it also works to activate the natural healing energies of both body and mind. In this essential guidebook, Will Johnson shows how meditation, too often misunderstood as a mental practice, can be immeasurably enriched through an embodied approach. The Posture of Meditation features a range of simple practices based on the principles of alignment, relaxation, and resilience. This classic book—now with a new section detailing the transformative power of the path of somatic meditation—has helped thousands of people to begin their meditation practice, to refine it, and to experience depths they never thought possible.

Science of Meditation

Author : H. E. E. Woon YUM
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Science of Meditation written by H. E. E. Woon YUM and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains meditation scientifically with beautiful illustrations and clarifies all basic principles. We have a short, precious life on Earth. Everybody wants to live a healthy, happy and meaningful life. Meditation is a great way to live a truly healthy, happy and meaningful life. This book is a guide, way, light, exploration, science, knowledge, experience, philosophy to a truly healthy, happy and meaningful life.

How to Meditate

Author : Pema Chödrön
Publisher : Sounds True
ISBN 13 : 1622030753
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book How to Meditate written by Pema Chödrön and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When something is bothering you—a person is bugging you, a situation is irritating you, or physical pain is troubling you—you must work with your mind, and that is done through meditation. Working with our mind is the only means through which we’ll actually begin to feel happy and contented with the world that we live in.” —Pema Chödrön Pema Chödrön is treasured around the world for her unique ability to transmit teachings and practices that bring peace, understanding, and compassion into our lives. With How to Meditate, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun presents her first book exploring in depth what she considers the essentials for a lifelong practice. More and more people are beginning to recognize a profound inner longing for authenticity, connection, and aliveness. Meditation, Pema explains, gives us a golden key to address this yearning. This step-by-step guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind, embrace the fullness of our experience, and live in a wholehearted way as we discover: The basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to working with your breath and cultivating an attitude of unconditional friendlinessThe Seven Delights—how moments of difficulty can become doorways to awakening and loveShamatha (or calm abiding), the art of stabilizing the mind to remain present with whatever arisesThoughts and emotions as “sheer delight”—instead of obstacles—in meditation “I think ultimately why we practice is so that we can become completely loving people, and this is what the world needs,” writes Pema Chödrön. How to Meditate is an essential book from this wise teacher to assist each one of us in this virtuous goal.

Wildmind

Author : Bodhipaksa
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1907314326
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Wildmind written by Bodhipaksa and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meditation helps us to cut through the agonizing clutter of superficial mental turmoil and allows us to experience more spacious and joyful states of mind. It is this pure and luminous state that I call your Wildmind. From how to build your own stool to how a raisin can help you meditate, this illustrated guide explains everything you need to know to start or strengthen your meditation practice.

The Complete Yoga Book

Author : James Hewitt
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409023303
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Yoga Book written by James Hewitt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia of yoga practice and practical yoga as well as of the philosophy and background of yoga.

Moving Inward

Author : Rolf Sovik
Publisher : Himalayan Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 0893892475
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Moving Inward written by Rolf Sovik and published by Himalayan Institute Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides illustrated instructions and guidelines for starting a new meditation practice or enhancing and existing one.

Sitting

Author : Kamalashila
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Sitting written by Kamalashila and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Yoga for Meditators

Author : Charlotte Bell
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1930485786
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Yoga for Meditators written by Charlotte Bell and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Bell, author of Mindful Yoga, Mindful Life, has blended the practices of yoga and meditation since 1986. In her new book, Yoga for Meditators, she writes, "Asana practice, by its very nature, is about preparing the body for meditation. So a book on yoga for meditators may seem redundant. All yoga is for meditators, after all. Still, there are poses that I have found to be optimal in addressing the specific physical challenges that arise during meditation, and it is in this spirit that I offer the practices in this book." Divided into four parts, the book offers practices that are designed for both beginning and seasoned practitioners: • Taking a Seat: Steady and Comfortable—addresses the most common physical issues that can cause discomfort during sitting in meditation. • Yoga Poses for Sitting Meditation—outlines asanas to guide you to a more easeful practice. Whether you practice vipassana, Zen, Transcendental, kriya, or any other kind of sitting meditation, these poses will help you collect the mind, awaken the spine, relax the base, soften the shoulders, and quiet the body-mind. • Practicing Yoga—uses the asanas from part two to create sequences for calming agitation, increasing energy, opening the hips, relieving stress, easing the lower back, and practicing during the moon cycle. • Alternate Meditation Postures—discusses the other traditional meditation positions—walking, standing, and lying—with ways to settle into each. "The silent, peaceful mind is our birthright; it lives inside us all," Charlotte writes. "Our minds and bodies are interwoven. When the body is at ease, the mind has a much easier time settling into silence. May your asana and meditation practices uncover the peace that already lives within."

Opening to Meditation

Author : Diana Lang
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 160868346X
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Opening to Meditation written by Diana Lang and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breathe, Be Still, and Listen Diana Lang’s books, audio programs, webinars, and workshops have allowed thousands to access the physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits of meditation. Drawing on her wide experience in studying spiritual teachings from around the world, Lang has put together a gentle, guided approach to meditation that is very easy to implement. In Opening to Meditation, she demonstrates that meditating is as simple as breathing. There is no mystery to it. Her instruction goes to the core, avoiding the analytical theory, fixed rules, and intellectual razzmatazz that often intimidate would-be practitioners. Instead, she shows us how to reconnect with our foundational essence of soul and self, where peace and centeredness are always and everywhere available. Includes downloadable guided-meditation program

Sitting

Author : Erika Berland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998587608
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Sitting written by Erika Berland and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sitting" is a handbook for deepening your experience of the ancient posture of sitting meditation. Drawing on research in somatic education and experiential anatomy, many guided exercises offer you imagery you can use to release tension and stress, contemplations to increase your body awareness, tips for making gravity work for you rather than against you, physical and energetic methods for relating with the systems in your body, and much more-including ways to bring your new awareness into daily life.

Sitting

Author : Kamalashila
Publisher : Windhorse Publications (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780904766370
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Sitting written by Kamalashila and published by Windhorse Publications (UK). This book was released on 1988 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet offers advice on the various meditation postures and how to sit in them comfortably.

Everything Meditation

Author : Rosemary Clark
Publisher : Everything
ISBN 13 : 9781580626651
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Everything Meditation written by Rosemary Clark and published by Everything. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to meditation practices includes discussion of the medical benefits, posture, breathing techniques, visualization, meditative dance, and group meditation for team sports.

Joy on Demand

Author : Chade-Meng Tan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062378945
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Joy on Demand written by Chade-Meng Tan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Search Inside Yourself shows us how to cultivate joy within the context of our fast-paced lives and explains why it is critical to creativity, innovation, confidence, and ultimately success in every arena. In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don’t need to meditate for hours, days, months or years to achieve lasting joy—you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as fifteen seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle, and once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life. For many years, meditation has been taught and practiced in cultures where almost all meditators practice full-time for years, resulting in training programs optimized for practitioners with lots of free time and not much else to do but develop profound mastery over the mind. Seeing a disconnect between the traditional practice and the modern world, the bestselling author and Google’s “Jolly Good Fellow” has developed a program, through “wise laziness,” to help readers meditate more efficiently and effectively. Meng shares the three pillars of joy (inner peace, insight, and happiness), why joy is the secret is to success, and demonstrates the practical tools anyone can use to cultivate it on demand.

Breathing through the Whole Body

Author : Will Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594777101
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Breathing through the Whole Body written by Will Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the Buddha’s own words on breathing meditation for healing, wholeness, and a deeper understanding of his teachings • Explains the complete series of steps in the Buddha’s Satipatthana Sutta for refining awareness of the breath, from posture and center of gravity to extending breath awareness beyond the nostrils, lungs, and abdomen to the entire body • Shows that stillness in meditation refers only to the mind, not to the body • Reveals breath to be a direct agent of healing for chronic tensions and an agitated mind Explaining how stillness in meditation refers not to a rigid and frozen body but to a quality of mind, Will Johnson examines the Buddha’s own words at the core of the Satipatthana Sutta: “As you breathe in, breathe in through the whole body; as you breathe out, breathe out through the whole body”--an instruction often overlooked in the majority of Buddhist schools. Exploring the Buddha’s complete series of steps for deepening awareness of the breath, he shows how to invite natural, responsive movement back into the posture of meditation by extending breath awareness beyond the nostrils, lungs, and abdomen to the entire body--a practice that unifies the breath, body, and mind into a single shared phenomenon. Showing how the flow of breath is directly affected by chronic tensions in the body and in the mind, Johnson explains that when breath starts flowing through more and more of the body, it becomes a direct agent of healing, massaging and melting any areas of tension it touches and moves through, whether physical or emotional. By breathing through the whole body in accordance with the Buddha’s instructions on breath, the body becomes much more comfortable, the mind starts resolving its addiction to thinking, and meditative practice deepens much more rapidly, allowing the teachings of the Buddha to be directly glimpsed and revealed.

The Mind Illuminated

Author : CULADASA
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1781808791
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book The Mind Illuminated written by CULADASA and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mind Illuminated is a comprehensive, accessible and - above all - effective book on meditation, providing a nuts-and-bolts stage-based system that helps all levels of meditators establish and deepen their practice. Providing step-by-step guidance for every stage of the meditation path, this uniquely comprehensive guide for a Western audience combines the wisdom from the teachings of the Buddha with the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Clear and friendly, this in-depth practice manual builds on the nine-stage model of meditation originally articulated by the ancient Indian sage Asanga, crystallizing the entire meditative journey into 10 clearly-defined stages. The book also introduces a new and fascinating model of how the mind works, and uses illustrations and charts to help the reader work through each stage. This manual is an essential read for the beginner to the seasoned veteran of meditation.

The Relaxed Mind

Author : Dza Kilung Rinpoche
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834802988
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Relaxed Mind written by Dza Kilung Rinpoche and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1990s, shortly after arriving in the United States, it became clear to Dza Kilung Rinpoche that his Western students responded to traditional meditation instructions differently from his students back in Asia. The Westerners didn’t know how to relax—our pressured, fast-paced lifestyles carried over into meditation. The Relaxed Mind contains instructions for the seven-phase meditation practice Dza Kilung Rinpoche developed for students in the West. It’s adapted from traditional instructions to counteract the overwhelming distraction that is becoming a global culture these days, not only in the West. Experienced meditators may be surprised to find their practice deepening through letting go of tension. This is also an excellent meditation manual for any beginner.

Aligned, Relaxed, Resilient

Author : Will Johnson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834828189
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Aligned, Relaxed, Resilient written by Will Johnson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2000-07-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emphasis on the mind in meditation can be somewhat misleading: If we pay attention only to mental processes and overlook the experience of the body, we can remain stuck in our heads and not be able to break free of the involuntary thinking that we find so claustrophobic and toxic. This short, practical guide helps us embrace the fact of our embodiment—the experience of the sensations, movements, and gestures of the body—and to realize that mindfulness is the natural state of awareness of a body that has learned how to experience its feeling presence. Johnson takes us through the three primary principles of the posture of meditation: alignment, relaxation, and resilience. He devotes a large part of each chapter to specific practices to help the reader experience different aspects of physical presence. This book is of interest to meditators of all traditions—Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Jews, and others—as well as therapists, bodyworkers, and anyone interested in body-centered psychology and other natural modes of healing.