Everyday Meditation: 100 Daily Meditations for Health, Stress Relief, and Everyday Joy

We all know that meditation helps to lower stress and can even prevent disease. It has no negative side effects and no cost, and requires only a few minutes a day. So why is it so challenging to begin and sustain? Tobin Blake offers innovative ways to start meditating and to invigorate an existing practice. He begins with the basics - how to sit, how long to practice, and how to use various techniques, such as zazen, mantra, and visualization - and then covers topics such as dealing with thoughts, restlessness, and overcoming the deeper obstacles to meditation. Written with our modem challenges in mind, including electronic distractions, stress, and the constant sense of overwhelm, Everyday Meditation will help you:

make your mind an ally

undo restlessness and anxiety

build spiritual relationships

heal your body

overcome depression and anxiety

find balance, meaning, and life purpose