The Everything Guide to Meditation for Healthy Living with CD: Reduce stress, improve health, and increase longevity

Shea, Melissa

ISBN 10: 1440510881 / ISBN 13: 9781440510885

Published by Everything, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Everything Guide to Meditation for Healthy Living with CD: Reduce stress, improve health, and increase longevity
• Publisher: Everything
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440510881
• ISBN 13: 9781440510885
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 20 ounces

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Synopsis

Meditation is good for your soul--and your body. Studies show that those who meditate sleep better, have lower anxiety, and reduce the likelihood of disease. When you meditate, you'll fight off everything from migraines and insomnia to high blood pressure and obesity--but where do you start? With this guide, you can turn a quiet spot and a few minutes a day into significant health benefits.

Meditation experts David B. Dillard-Wright and Ravinder Jerath gently guide you through the ins and outs of meditation, including:

• An overview of different cultural and religious approaches to meditation
• Posture and breathing techniques
• Creative visualization and imagery
• Medical research on the various medical benefits of meditation
• Advice on ways to fit meditation into a busy schedule

Complete with exercises, mantra suggestions, and a CD of guided meditations, this is a complete introduction to the benefits of meditation. Whether you are looking for help with a specific ailment or ideas for a healthier lifestyle, this all-inclusive guide will help you relieve stress, resist disease, and feel great--one om at a time!

About the Author

David B. Dillard-Wright, PhD teaches philosophy, religion, and ethics at the University of South Carolina--Aiken. His practice in meditation originated in the Trappist tradition of contemplative prayer and then segued into Eastern practices. He has studied meditation at the Sivananda centers worldwide. He has written many articles and reviews investigating the interconnections between mind, body, and environment.

Ravinder Jerath, MD is a physician and award-winning faculty member at the Medical College of Georgia. He has taught a pranayama technique of deep slow breathing to his patients for more than twenty-five years. Dr. Jerath's techniques have helped patients who suffer from hypertension, insomnia, stress-related disorders, anxiety, and depression. His peer-reviewed articles on the physiological response and clinical effects of meditation have appeared in theJournal of Integrative Medicine and Hypothesis.