Meditation for everyday living - Stephen Austen

The benefits of meditation are enormous. Physically, it reduces pulse rate, improves sleep patterns and helps delay the aging process. Emotionally, it can help reduce negative emotional states such as anger, mood-swings, grief and low self-esteem. Spiritully it can help connect you to a higher power. This book takes a look at how meditation affects us physiologically, so the reader can really understand the affect meditation has on the body, soul and mind.;Leading the reader into the art of meditation step-by-step, this book shows concentration techniques, how to breathe, how to sit comfortably and how to deal with a chattering mind. The author explains that in meditation we find what we are looking for - whether it be better sleep, more tranquillity in our lives, emotional healing or a deeper spiritual connection. Simple techniques are outlined to help channel thoughts, bring peace and understanding as well as increase vitality in everyday life.;The CD contains meditation exercises, music and mantras.