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Release Date: 20-09-2006
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: BK00781D
Barcode: 600835078122
Musical Style: Meditation
Description:
For readers who have thought about trying meditation but weren’t sure how to get started, Meditation for Beginners presents a complete introduction to “Insight” meditation with bestselling author and trusted teacher Jack Kornfield. Through step-by-step instruction in everything from breathing, posture, and attention to working with difficult emotions and physical discomfort, readers from any spiritual tradition will learn the essentials for creating a daily meditation practice. CD includes five guided meditation sessions to help cultivate the inner tranquility, natural joy, and mental clarity that are just some of the fruits of meditation.
Biography:
Jack Kornfield is a therapist, author, and meditation instructor. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to northeast Thailand. There, he began his studies in meditation and Buddhism, living as a monk in Thailand, Burma, and India until his return to the United States. In 1975, Kornfield co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
