Why Can't I Meditate

There are now thousands of students completing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and other mindfulness programmes around the world. However, on completion many will struggle to continue or will stop, with the intention of starting again in the future. Why Can't I Meditate? addresses this problem. It combines accounts by new meditators of their struggles, and successes, with insights from a wide variety of the most accomplished teachers, representing every school of mindfulness teaching. It identifies, investigates and offers many practical solutions to get our mindfulness unstuck and firmly establish a regular practice. This is a book for anyone who has sat on their meditation seat or cushion and wondered whether they should go on. Contributors include: Stephen Batchelor, Rebecca Crane, Christina Feldman, Geshe Tashi Tsering, Choji Lama Rabsang, Willem Kuyken, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Franklin Sills, Philippa Vick and Martin Wells.

Summary

Why Can't I Meditate? is essential reading for anyone who is struggling to meditate. It provides practical advice to help would-be meditators understand and overcome the obstacles that prevent mindfulness from becoming an integral part of their life.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Wellings, Wellings Nigel
• Publisher: Piatkus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2015
• EAN: 9780349405759
• ISBN: 978-0-349-40575-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 153 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Relaxation, yoga, meditation, autogenic training; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization