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Meditation

meggyannpt
meggyannpt Posts: 73 Member
edited January 14 in Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
It has recently been suggested to me to try doing some meditation to learn how to relax (I'm the type of person who is constantly doing/thinking about a million things at once.) Does anyone have recommendations of websites, youtube videos, dvd's, etc of good guided meditation for a beginner?

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  • benol1
    benol1 Posts: 867 Member
    I've been practicing meditation for nearly 30 years.
    For a beginner, I recommend anything by Jon Kabat Zinn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn
    His mindfulness meditation approach is underpinned by medical science. It is also a secular presentation of meditation so that it should be acceptable to anyone.
    kind regards,

    Ben
  • SJ46
    SJ46 Posts: 407 Member
    I recommend Thich Nhat Hanh. I love his approach to mindfulness in all aspects of life not just a sitting meditation practice. A good place to start would be his book Peace is Every Step or maybe just check him out on youtube or the interwebs.

    Here is a link to the books he has authored: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9074.Thich_Nhat_Hanh
  • Vajrayoginigirl
    Vajrayoginigirl Posts: 10
    Here in the top right hand corner you can find out about classes near to you
    http://kadampa.org
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