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Meditation for Beginners
$20.99 CAD |
For readers who have thought about trying meditation but weren’t sure how to get started, Meditation for Beginners presents a complete introduction to “Insight” or vipassana meditation with seasoned teacher Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart. Through step-by-step instruction in everything from breathing, posture, and attention to working with difficult emotions and physical discomfort, readers from any spiritual tradition will learn the essentials for creating a daily meditation practice—and sticking with it.
The CD in this integrated CD learning kit includes six guided meditation sessions, recorded at actual meditation retreats, designed to give you a direct experience of the material presented in the book. That is, to help cultivate the inner tranquility, natural joy, and mental clarity that are just some of the fruits of meditation. They include:
ª Connecting with the Breath
ª Working with Sensations in the Body
ª Working with Feelings and Emotions
ª Witnessing Your Thoughts
ª Forgiveness Meditation
ª Lovingkindness Meditation
Offering the central training and teachings found in the best Buddhist monasteries translated for Western society, these simple, elegant practices are so easy to learn that you can begin enjoying the benefits of meditation immediately—while laying the foundation for a lifetime of inner discovery and awakening.
To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest and kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free… to awaken the capacity that each of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully.
This elegant book + CD set will be a gift for anyone curious about actually trying meditation for themselves.
Among Jack Kornfield’s books are The Wise Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry.