Meditation for Beginners Everything You Need to Know to Start Meditating Now by Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield Release Date: 01 August 2010 Format: DVD Region 1; 1 Hour 30 Minutes Publisher: SOUNDS TRUE ISBN: 9781604070910
An Introduction to Meditation from a Trusted Teacher
Getting started with meditation isn't as hard as you may think? especially if you have the right teacher. On Meditation for Beginners, Jack Kornfield guides you step-by-step through everything you need to know to start?and stick with? a daily meditation practice. In this complete training video, Jack introduces you to the insight tradition of meditation that has helped practitioners throughout the ages cultivate profound inner calm and a lasting capacity for happiness.
With his gentle delivery and ability to translate ancient practices for modern audiences, Jack Kornfield has become one of the most accessible and sought-after teachers for helping first-time meditators get their start. On Meditation for Beginners, he helps you develop the foundational skills to start practicing immediately?and discover the life-changing power of meditation for yourself.
Course Highlights
* Getting started
* Your daily meditation practice
* Basics of body postures, breathing, and more
* How to clear distractions and cultivate awareness
* Exploring the energy of love as a healing power
* A mental strategy for making friends with anger
* Forgiveness, the key art of spiritual life
* How to focus healing attention on your body
* Four cornerstone meditations for your practice, and much more
About the Author
Jack Kornfield, PhD, trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has taught worldwide since 1974. He is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and of Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. He has written more than a dozen books including The Wise Heart, A Path With Heart, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, and more.