Meditation: The Complete Guide - Over 50 Practices for Everyone from the Beginner to the Healing Professional - Softcover

Monaghan, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577310888 ISBN 13: 9781577310884

Publisher: New World Library, 1999

Synopsis

<div>Specially geared to the needs of the beginning meditator, this book explains more than 50 meditation practices. Readers can take a self-test to acquire information about which types of meditations are most appropriate for them. Traditions involving Shamanism, Yoga, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Western Traditions, Biofeedback, Meditation in Life (such as nature, gardening, and sports), Creative Meditations, and Active Imagination (including Kinesthetic meditations and visualizations) are each described in separate chapters. Each chapter also covers historical background, contemporary use, a description of the practice, and resource list. Even an advanced meditator will find new information in this book to enhance the inner life.</div>

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Review

A wonderful source for the many ways of going-in, for the letting-go the soul longs for. You will go back to it, as to a spring, again and again, for fresh water.
Coleman Barks, author of Rumi: The Big Red Book
A treasure!...This is the best general book about meditation on the market.
New Age Retailer
A marvelously instructive and inviting compendium...Rarely has there been such a just, fair, balanced, knowledgeable, and inviting presentation of such a wide-ranging variety of disciplines.
Spirit of Change magazine
Shakes meditation free from the stereotypical image of crossed legs, closed eyes, and bamboo mat.
Natural Health magazine
A wonderful resource for humanity s most ancient and powerful practice. With so many techniques included and elegantly described, everyone can find a way that works for them, regardless of faith or inclination. A real contribution.
Anodea Judith, PhD, author of Eastern Body, Western Mind
Meditation The Complete Guide is indeed the most comprehensive and informative guide to the diversity of meditative practices I ve ever read....Being someone who has felt inadequate meditating with the more popular forms, after reading this book I felt liberated to fly with numerous possibilities.
Ruth Barrett, author of Women s Rites, Women s Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation"

"A wonderful source for the many ways of going-in, for the letting-go the soul longs for. You will go back to it, as to a spring, again and again, for fresh water."
-- Coleman Barks, author of Rumi: The Big Red Book

"A treasure!...This is the best general book about meditation on the market."
-- New Age Retailer

"A marvelously instructive and inviting compendium...Rarely has there been such a just, fair, balanced, knowledgeable, and inviting presentation of such a wide-ranging variety of disciplines."
-- Spirit of Change magazine

"Shakes meditation free from the stereotypical image of crossed legs, closed eyes, and bamboo mat."
-- Natural Health magazine

"A wonderful resource for humanity's most ancient and powerful practice. With so many techniques included and elegantly described, everyone can find a way that works for them, regardless of faith or inclination. A real contribution."
-- Anodea Judith, PhD, author of Eastern Body, Western Mind

"Meditation -- The Complete Guide is indeed the most comprehensive and informative guide to the diversity of meditative practices I've ever read....Being someone who has felt inadequate meditating with the more popular forms, after reading this book I felt liberated to fly with numerous possibilities."
-- Ruth Barrett, author of Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation

About the Author

Patricia Monaghan, PhD, is the author of several books on contemporary spirituality, including The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog, The Goddess Path, and The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. She is a faculty member of the School for New Learning at DePaul University in Chicago.

Eleanor G. Viereck, PhD, is the author of Yoga: Skillful Means and Alaska's Wilderness Medicine. Dr. Viereck frequently contributes articles on science, women, sports, and ecopsychology for popular magazines. She lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Edition details

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1577310888
• ISBN 13: 9781577310884
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304