books about: meditations (mindfulness traditional reflections)

books about: meditations

books:

Peaceful Piggy Meditation (Albert Whitman Prairie Books)

17 reviews
Kerry Lee Maclean

Albert Whitman & Company, 2006

Wonderful!
Well-written, easy to understand introduction to meditation for kids. My daughter loves this book and we have created a meditation area for her in the house. She is stopping throughout the day to sit and meditate spontaneously. Highly recommend.

8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life.

63 reviews
Victor Davich

Perigee Trade, 2004

Perfect for beginners
I bought this book because I was looking at meditation for dummies to take my meditation practice to another level and found a review that suggested this book was better. I've meditated on and off for a couple years on my own and always wanted to take it to another level but never did. I don't regret buying this book for a second. 8 minute meditation is an 8 week program that changes your ...

Meditation for Beginners

24 reviews
Jack Kornfield

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2008

Meditation book
I really liked this book and found it very helpful. It also included the CD to go along with some of the exercises in the book. If your just getting started, this book is not complicated and makes a good guide.

Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief

160 reviews
Martha W. Hickman

Harper Paperbacks, 1999

Wonderful daily meditations for those who are grieving
When I had just become a widow I found this a wonderful daily meditation book. It was uplifting, practical,..yet spoke straight to my heart. The short scriptures were perfect. I needed one single comforting thought to hold with me throughout the day and I always found it in this book. I had met the woman who wrote the book, knew about her own personal loss, and knew that her own heartfelt ...

Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women

14 reviews
Karen Casey

Hazelden, 1996

Inspirational
I got this copy as a gift for a friend because, as glancing through my copy, she felt she would enjoy it. Now we both love our copies. Personally I find the daily readings a great way to start and end my day. They are very comforting and inspriational.

Meditations

120 reviews
Marcus Aurelius

Book Jungle, 2009

Some thoughts on translations and on Marcus Aurelius.
What makes Meditations an important book is that it provides the opportunity to discuss what it is to be human, to have a soul, to live a good life with one of the most remarkable men in history. Before I get to that I want to second a suggestion made by several reviewers. Use two or more translations when you read the Meditations. I like this Penguin Classics edition. The introduction by Diskin ...

Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga

38 reviews
Rolf Gates, Katrina Kenison

Anchor, 2002

All about the Yoga Journey
This is an excellent book for meditation and deepening your understanding of the more spiritual side of yoga. My Yoga Instructor discovered this book while I was in Teacher Training with her. It worked better and was easier to understand the limbs of yoga and the Sutras from this than the Sutra and Bhagavad Gita books we were using.

Guided Meditations: For Calmness, Awareness, and Love

83 reviews
Bodhipaksa

Wildmind Meditation, 2002

wonderful, thoughtful meditations
My spouse and I were looking for something to help us relax and refocus. I don't like gimmicks, bad music, or Americanized takes on meditation. This CD gives you several amazingly good meditations all with clear direction and no background distractions. Bodhipaksa is truly a gifted speaker. His voice is calm, soothing, and pulls you right in. I found myself being led to a healthier, much less ...

Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace: A Guided Imagery Meditation for Physical & Spiritual Wellness

89 reviews

Relax...Intuit (tm) LLC, 2000

Perfectly Healing
I absolutely adore this guided meditation CD. I found this several years ago for myself and then started giving it as a gift to people that were suffering or stressed out. I also gave it to my grandmother who was dying of cancer. I can't tell you how healing this CD is. Susie is wonderful! It is quite calming and healing, please consider purchasing it.

Meditation For Dummies (Book and CD edition)

33 reviews
Stephan Bodian

For Dummies, 2006

I highly recommend this book
I bought this book when I learned about all the benefits that meditation brings and how much it can improve one's life. I still refer to this book and I am so glad I found it. If you want to learn how to meditate and if you are interested in a scientific, non religious, non sectarian practical approach to meditation then this book is the way to go. He goes into great detail teaching Mindfulness ...

Meditations for Manifesting : Morning and Evening Meditations to Literally Create Your Heart's Desire

113 reviews
Wayne W. Dyer

Hay House Audio Books, 1995

Embrace Calm, Love and Joy
Meditation as far as I am concerned is the way to embrace calm, love and joy into your life. It is certainly a way to continually remind yourself about being mindful as you go thru your life rather than living unconsciously. From listening to a series of my favorite CDs, I truly have learned the importance of living in the present to get all that you want from life. I enjoy Wayne's CD's but my ...

Meditations to Live to Be 100: Traditional Chinese Practices for Health, Vitality and Longevity

4 reviews
Maoshing Ni

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2008

A MUST FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LIVE LONG AND LIVE HEALTHY!
First of all, I would like to thank Dr. Mao for creating such a Wonderful piece of art--the art of living healthy and peacefully. In these 2 CDs, not only Dr. Mao gives you his priceless tips on how to live healthy, but he also guides you through the practice of breathing meditation. Dr. Mao's voice is amazingly beautiful, more soothing than any other musical meditation CDs that you ever ...

Meditations on First Philosophy

14 reviews
Rene Descartes

CreateSpace, 2009

Magesterial work which profoundly changed history
In the 17th century, the world underwent dramatic and incredible changes. The Scientific Revolution was gathering pace, Europeans had experienced the Reformation and the Renaissance, and boundaries and horizons in all areas were being expanded and changed at a breakneck pace. Into this time of upheaval comes Descartes, one of the greatest Philosophers to ever live anywhere in the world. ...

Mindfulness in Plain English, Updated and Expanded Edition

108 reviews
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Wisdom Publications, 2002

One of the most profound and useful books ever written
How do you even begin to review a book that changed your life? Especially when you can count on one hand, the number of books that have done this. I came to this book during a hard time in my life, having it recommended to help me with dealing with a plague of traumatic experiences that had occured. I came away from this book a changed person; on a path or re-discovery of my spiritual self ...

Meditations to Change Your Brain

19 reviews
Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2009

Psychological Concepts + How to Meditate
This 3 disc, 3 ½ hour, 2009 Sounds True program is encased in a cardboard type tri-fold. It is said to draw on 30 years plus of research by neuropsychologist Rick Hanson and neurologist Richard Mendius. The cover states that it will show you how to strengthen your neural circuits that generate happiness, love, and inner peace and includes 7 guided meditations to reshape your brain. (OK. I'm ...

Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence

67 reviews
Rory Miller

YMAA Publication Center, 2008

Excellent book, but disappointing last few pages
This book is a gripping read and full of very good arguments and examples. Disclosure: I can't evaluate the material on the basis of experience, and I can only express my gratitude and respect for warriors like Miller. What I can confirm is that it addresses some suspicions I had about martial arts training (e.g., sparring as just a sport and poor preparation for an all out fight). The ...

Meditations in an Emergency

4 reviews
Frank O'Hara

Grove Press, 1996

"Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again and interesting and modern...
The country is gray and brown and white and trees. Snows and skies of laughter always diminishing. Less funny, not just darker, not just gray. It may be the coldest day of the year. What does he think of that...I mean, what do I? And if I do...perhaps I am myself again." The above was quoted from the voice over narration at the end of the second season premiere of "Mad Men" on ...

Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditate

31 reviews
Sharon Salzberg

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2006

Great guide for meditation
This is a clear and well written guide to Insight Meditation practice. I was surprised as rather than presenting the same directions so many other books give, this book will lead you into deeper aspects of the Practice. It is not only a book for the beginner. The cards and the meditations on CD round out this offering beautifully. The book is printed on glossy stock, a rarety in this cost ...

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Oxford World's Classics)
Marcus Aurelius

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

A. S. L. Farquharson's translation was originally published in 1944, as part of a major commentary on Marcus Aurelius' work. In this volume, Farquharson's work is brought up to date and supplied with an introduction and notes for the student and general reader. A selection of lively letters from Marcus to his tutor Fronto, most of which date from his earlier years, is also included.

Guided Mindfulness Meditation

27 reviews
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2005

Great CDs
I come back to these cd's time and time again. I really need to consistently practice as he recommends even when life gets busy and that's what I'm doing now. I read "Full Catastrophe Living" before purchasing these cd's and though JKZ is quite pedantic and wordy in his descriptions of meditation and mindfulness, it works well for me. I'm sure his "voice" in describing mindfulness practice may ...