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The Meditation Bible: The Definitive Guide to Meditations for Every Purpose

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"The Meditation Bible" by Madonna Gauding is by far the best meditation book we've come across this year. Packed with 140 individual meditations, the book contains something for everyone. Gauding has gathered some of the best -- and easiest to learn -- meditation techniques in a beautifully designed collection. Beginners and experienced meditators alike will benefit from this handy guide.

Part 1 features a "Before You Begin" section that explains meditation and provides tips for preparation, body positioning, establishing a daily practice, and more. Part 2 features 140 individual meditation techniques described in step-by-step detail. The organization and presentation of the meditation techniques is what makes "The Meditation Bible" so appealing and user-friendly. The techniques are divided into eight categories:

1. Calming and Centering
2. Living Mindfully
3. Healing Body, Mind, & Spirit
4. Get Moving
5. Love and Compassion
6. Problem Solving
7. Manifesting Your Dreams
8. Connecting to the Divine

For each of the 140 techniques found in the book, the author outlines the benefits of the technique, describes the best time to use it, and includes clear and concise instructions for practicing the technique. The majority of the techniques are not oriented toward any specific spiritual path, instead providing practical meditation methods that will appeal to all readers. The techniques found in the section called "Connecting to the Divine" cover a wide variety of spiritual traditions, including Christian, Buddhist, Quaker, Jewish, Native American, Taoist, and many others.

Experienced meditators may recognize some of the techniques -- The Microcosmic Orbit, The Distracted Mind, Watching Your Breath -- but many of the techniques are creative and unique. Gauding's book describes how to turn nearly any act into a meditation, providing readers with the opportunity to incorporate meditation into their day in ways they probably never even imagined. As a fun and spontaneous way to make use of the book, try opening to a random page and using that technique as your meditation method for the day.

We would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning a variety of fun and valuable meditation techniques.

Containing more meditations than I ever knew existed, this book is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to improve their life. Just recently, I was feeling unsettled and anxious, but I couldn't pin down the cause of the feelings. I sat down with my meditation bible and immediately located several topics that set off those inner bells, telling me to focus on those areas. I followed the instructions, meditated, and could feel my anxiety lessen. Solutions soon presented themselves and the source of my aggitation disappeared.

Madonna Gauding is one of my favorite authors. I love her clear, concise prose, substantive content and insightful revelations. I'm a beginner when it comes to meditation, but with this book in my library, I won't remain so for long.

I have meditated for years and teach meditation to people new to it. I use it as a text book due to the variety of meditations. I like that it includes many different spiritual approaches to meditation and it is a resource that can be used as one continues to explore meditation.

i have meditated for years and i looked over this book and saw that it was full of loads of meditations, that is one reason that i bought it. great little book

I enjoy this book tremendously. It offers a nice survey of meditation practices from around the world without being heavy handed. For the individual beginning a meditation practice, it's a great tool to have.

One of the best books on meditation I've run across. Small, concise, to the point meditations for daily living.

if you have any experience or just general knowledge of meditation techniques then this book is not for you. But if you are new to meditations and would like a generalized understanding of the various types then it may be enlightening for you, but expect to have to buy another book to grasp a true understanding of any particular meditation covered in these pages. the book might help you narrow down to a particular type of meditation that would enhance your life, but do not expect it to teach you anything helpful. Find another source for that.

Simple explanations of the many kinds of meditation and suggested guidance for particular meditations. Very helpful book to get started in a meditation practice.

The book was everything I hoped it would be. I have learned a lot about meditation.

I was hoping to make sense of all the meditation techniques in one place, the whys and the hows and got dozens of "meditations for all imaginable purposes", most based on some breathing exercises (without the whys and hows) and visualization.
What a waste of perfectly good paper!
2 stars cause I can imagine there might be people who might actually like this.. for whatever reason that might be.. bah..