Teach Yourself to Meditate in 10 Simple Lessons: Discover Relaxation and Clarity of Mind in Just Minutes a Day

by Eric Harrison

Overview

“A READY-MADE KIT. JUST ADD TIME.”

If you are willing to invest 15 minutes a day, Teach Yourself to Meditate in 10 Simple Lessons can help you develop life-long skills that will improve your health, happiness and peace of mind.

The course in this book doesn’t require you to follow a complex set of rules; rather, it teaches you the core practices, including:

•Breathing
•Posture
•Mantras
•Body Awareness
•Visualization
•Detachment

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569756010
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	03/23/2007
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.88(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Eric Harrison, author of How Meditation Heals, is trained in the Buddhist practices of Tibet and Burma and is director of the Perth Meditation Center. He lives in Australia.

Table of Contents

Part One Why We Meditate 1
Meditating for Better Health 3
A Natural Psychotherapy 15
The Many Flavors of Meditation 24
Meditation Plus 34

Part Two: The Bedrock Practices 43
Lesson 1: The Basic Priciples 45
Lesson 2: The Biology of Relaxation 60
Lesson 3: Supporting Your Practice 77
Lesson 4: Sound, Posture and Breath 85
Lesson 5: Awareness, or "Watching with Detachment" 98

Part Three: The Secondary Practices 113
Lesson 6: Mantra and Affirmations 115
Lesson 7: Beta and Alpha Brainwaves 127
Lesson 8: Deeper States: Going into Theta 136
Lesson 9: Visual and Walking Meditations 147
Lesson 10: Imagery, Visualization and Being Present 159

Editorial Reviews

Teach Yourself to Meditate in 10 Simple Lessons|||1569752753|12.95|Ulysses Press|09/2001|5,000 RTD||

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