How to Meditate: A Practical Guide : Gain focus and serenity with easy-to-follow techniques from an expert practitioner

A inspiring how-to guide to meditation and how to develop a practice and apply it in everyday life.

This inspiring and practical volume provides a lively, accessible overviewof meditative practices used the world over. Manyclassic meditative ideas are presented, from theenergy centres known as chakras to the power ofchanting. The book challenges you to explore why you wantto meditate and explains how it enhances wellbeing. Using familiar techniques such as yogic stretchingand controlled breathing, discover how to prepareyourself physically and mentally. Clearly written by a practising expert and illustrated with evocativephotographs, this is the perfect title to draw inthose with even the slightest passing interest. Equally, it will give anyone with existing knowledgeof this subject some fascinating new insights.The perfect practical guide to inner wisdom bothfor those with some experience of meditation andthose who are just starting out on the spiritual path,filled with simple but inspiring ideas for meditationthat can be readily adapted to personal needs. Reveals techniques to help you live in the moment,love your life, and open yourself up freely to thepeople around you, and explains concepts such as visualization in a clearyet creative way, Beautifully photographed step-by-step sequencesinclude breathing practices and specially devisedexercises for preparing the mind and body.