Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
181 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
Contents |
Benefits -- What meditation is -- What meditation is not -- Common misconceptions -- Kinds of meditation -- Three yanas -- How to choose -- Our practice: Shamatha -- How to meditate -- Tips for establishing your practice -- On posture -- Setting up your space -- Keeping it sacred -- Obstacles and antidotes -- Meditation and depression -- Meditation and creativity -- Meditation and compassion -- Meditation and love -- Aspire: the seven-day meditation challenge -- To deepen: a weekend meditation retreat at home -- Epilogue: a personal story -- Appendix A: FAQs -- Appendix B: Important figures -- Appendix C: Resources. |
Summary |
If you want to meditate but have no idea where to begin, this book by best-selling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver will help you: it contains everything you need to know to start a meditation practice and, even more important, to continue one. It defines what meditation is (and what it is not); dispels the three most common misconceptions about it; advises ways around obstacles; addresses the most frequently asked questions; and shows how meditation can have positive impact on relationships, creativity, and difficult emotions. However, Piver presents meditation as something more than the self-help technique du jour--it is a path to love, joy, and courage. This book contains two self-paced programs to help you start here--now! |
Subject(S) |
Meditation -- Buddhism.
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Added Name(S) |
Gustafson, Pier, illustrator.
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ISBN |
9781611802672 |
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1611802679 |
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