Centering Meditation Made Easy (Paperback) | Released: 26 Aug 2013

For over fifty years modern man has been studying the nature of stress and its impact on people's lives both physically and mentally. A recent book calls the present generation, "The Age of Stress," and certainly the pace of life today is much faster than it ever was. When Hans Selye, the father of stress research, began his work, there were no personal computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The Internet was still a dream. The present volume is meant to be a manual for stress management. It teaches deep level relaxation, understanding the many pitfalls of modern stress, and most of all how to meditate. The three Parts are designed with specific purposes in mind. Part One is a reflection on the nature of stress and how it impacts our life. Part Two gives specific directions for the all important relaxation of Body and Mind. Part Three is a Meditation Manual, giving clear and useful instruction in the art of meditating. "Meditation includes a very deep and focused sense of self. And it occurs from the physical still point that the breathing gives us as our starting point. This process of relaxation is actually one of refining the communication between conscious and subconscious mind, between body and mind. The stress-filled situations of our life are constantly changing, and because of this our skills in relaxation need to be updated constantly to meet this crucial demand. " As the stress of our active life changes, it becomes necessary to renew and update our approach. There are specific skills that can be developed to make the management of life's stressors easy. This book is designed to give the tools and techniques needed to make tension into relaxation and stress into greater energy and enthusiasm. Relaxation of body and mind begins with deep breathing. When the mind becomes focused through the rhythm of the breath, the numerous actions and options of career and family life can be viewed from the center. Modern mental health makes the false assumption that this can be done with little or no effort. This manual will make it EASY!
About the Author: Robert M Johnson PhD has been studying and practicing meditation for his entire adult life. He has written several books on the subject of meditation and given dozens of extended workshops on the subject. He has trained thousands of people to meditate and helped them to see in meditation, the skills and tools that can make their lives better. He practices meditation every day as part of his personal lifestyle and recognizes the benefits that it brings to those who are faithful. He has always used a very common sense approach to meditation training, not seeing it as simply a mechanism for escape or vehicle to mysticism. His view of meditation has always been more comprehensive, allowing meditation to provide us with the inner strength and stamina we need to make our life not just a challenge or a problem but an opportunity to grow and to set new and better goals for ourselves. His recent books, "From Passion To Pleasure," and "From Contemplation To Ecstasy" show the many faceted ways in which we can view meditation as part of our life. In this present volume, Doctor Johnson has provided the reader with very practical methods for meditation and numerous reasons for why we meditate. In the next volume that will be part of this series, Doctor Johnson will explore the nature of affirmations, meditative self-talk, improved memory, and the effective management of time to achieve our goals and those of our family.