Meditation Suggestions?

[Courage]

Always interesting responses on here...so, anyone have a suggestion for simple meditation techniques? A link or book title'd be helpful.

 

My Indian GP says meditation and deep breathing helps with anxiety. I asked my crunchy granola psychologist friends and they suggested a few names that sounded way more involved than I'm likely to carry through on.

[Rudynate]

Mindfulness training. There are a couple very famous books on it. The titles escape me.

[TBearTX]

I have an app called Calm that I think is really good. I haven't gotten too far into it, but so far I find it very accessible and helpful.

[gallahadesquire]

Google "john Kabat-Zinn"

[+ Awwshuck]

Check out preacher Mike Huckabee's books on tape collection

[+ poolboy48220]

I bought "Meditation for Dummies" years ago. I couldn't get past the author's repeated use of "lovingkindness" as one word. If you're an English pedant, I do NOT recommend it.

[samhexum]

anyone have a suggestion for simple meditation techniques?

Mindfulness training. There are a couple very famous books on it. The titles escape me.

Google "john Kabat-Zinn"

Check out preacher Mike Huckabee's books on tape collection

I bought "Meditation for Dummies" years ago... I do NOT recommend it.

[Rudynate]

If you're looking for something simple and dumbed down, look for Bensons "The Relaxation Response." You'll have to find it at a used bookstore. It was published in the 70s.

[+ Eric Hassan]

if you're into VR, david sf has been working on virtual reality mediation apps - they're really good (i was helping him test them out last april when we were recovering from our motorcycle accident, so i might be biased) - you can see more about them at heal-vr.com

[JayCeeKy]

The Teaching Company ("The Great Courses") has several courses on Meditation/Mindfulness. I bought the DVD version of "The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being." You can purchase the courses in various formats (e.g. DVD, Video download, etc.).. Get on their mailing list and you will quickly find that they go on sale about 3 x a week with about 70% off the list price - and often with free shipping. For a preview of a couple of courses on Meditation/Mindfulness:

 

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/better-living/practicing-mindfulness-an-introduction-to-meditation.html

 

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-positive-mind-mindfulness-and-the-science-of-happiness.html

 

You can also pay a yearly fee and watch most all of their courses online - which I have done - I usually watch them while I'm walking my three miles per day.

 

Of course, if you wanna save a lot of money, you can always count on a YouTube "search" for free info. For instance:

 

[Rudynate]

The Teaching Company ("The Great Courses") has several courses on Meditation/Mindfulness. I bought the DVD version of "The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being." You can purchase the courses in various formats (e.g. DVD, Video download, etc.).. Get on their mailing list and you will quickly find that they go on sale about 3 x a week with about 70% off the list price - and often with free shipping. For a preview of a couple of courses on Meditation/Mindfulness:

 

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/better-living/practicing-mindfulness-an-introduction-to-meditation.html

 

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-positive-mind-mindfulness-and-the-science-of-happiness.html

 

You can also pay a yearly fee and watch most all of their courses online - which I have done - I usually watch them while I'm walking my three miles per day.

 

Of course, if you wanna save a lot of money, you can always count on a YouTube "search" for free info. For instance:

 

 

 

 

There are all sorts of organizations that teach it. Buddhist meditation is basically mindfulness meditation. I first learned it in the 70s at the Naropa Institute in Boulder. All Zen Centers have meditation instructors. I have seen instructors at the Rochester Zen Center, the San Francisco Zen Center and the Hartford Street Zen Center.

[+ Pensant]

Timely post. I’ve also been thinking of starting meditation. I wish the narrator had a more pleasant voice, though. He sounded like a NYPD dispatcher.