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Discover Meditation: A First-Step Handbook to Better Health »
Authors: Hall, Dorial Hall
ISBN-13: 9781569751138, ISBN-10: 1569751137
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Date Published: March 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Hall
Book Synopsis
One in a series of beginner health guides, Discover Meditation offers you a wide-ranging overview of mental disciplines - from Christian meditation to Eastern mantras. It explains how meditation promotes self-healing by bringing the body into a state of balance and shows how the technique has been used for centuries as a tool to alter consciousness and overcome physical pain.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Understanding Meditation | 3 |
| 2 | The Origins of Meditation | 7 |
| 3 | Healing with Meditation | 12 |
| 4 | Setting the Scene | 25 |
| 5 | Deciding How to Sit | 29 |
| 6 | Using the Breath | 38 |
| 7 | A Classical Tradition | 47 |
| 8 | Focusing the Mind | 52 |
| 9 | Preliminary Attitudes | 61 |
| 10 | Re-balancing | 69 |
| 11 | Changing Attitudes | 79 |
| 12 | Self-Knowledge | 86 |
| 13 | Eastern Mantras | 96 |
| 14 | Christian Meditation Techniques | 107 |
| 15 | Group Meditation | 116 |
| Recommended Reading | 120 | |
| Index | 122 |
Subjects
Health Books, Diet & Fitness Books
Alternative Medicine & Natural Healing Alternative Medicine - General & Miscellaneous
New Age & Spirituality Healing Meditation
Alternative Medicine & Natural Healing Alternative Medicine - General & MiscellaneousNew Age & Spirituality
Healing Meditation
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