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Description

A concise, jargon-free guide to learning what Buddhist meditation is and isn't with advice on how to start a meditation practice. If you want to meditate but have no idea where to start, this book by best-selling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver will help you: it contains everything you need to know to start a meditation practice and, even more importantly, to continue one. It defines what meditation is (and what it is not), offers tips for making the practice a part of your life, dispels the most common misconceptions, describes the obstacles we all face and how to navigate them, and addresses the most frequently asked questions. Piver gives a concise overview of the various popular styles of Buddhist meditation and offers suggestions on how to explore them further. Most important, this book contains specific, concrete steps for beginning your own meditation practice in a stress-free, dogma-free, jargon-free way."

Author description

SUSAN PIVER is an author and meditation instructor whose books include the "New York Times" best seller "The Hard Questions, How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, " and "The Wisdom of a Broken Heart." She has appeared on "Oprah, The Today Show, "the "CBS Early Show, The Tyra Banks Show, "and other national television programs in connection with her books. She leads workshops and retreats around the country on living an awakened life.