Chinese Meditation

In today's challenging and busy world, don't you wish you knew how to quieten your mind and focus on yourself? In On Meditation, renowned spiritual leader, Sri M, answers all your questions on the practice and benefits of meditation. With his knowledge of all the various schools of...

The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of War The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion...

The Mindfulness of Breathing meditation has been practised in the Buddhist tradition for 2,500 years. It is now widely used not just among Buddhists but increasingly in the secular world as the basis of mindfulness training, and in other contexts such as yoga and, in recent times, stress and pain management. After all, as the author and teacher Vessantara observes: ‘The breath is always with us, necessary to our very existence, though it is often goes unnoticed. Yet giving it attention can transform our lives.' In The Breath, Vessantara, who has been meditating on the breath for over 40 years, writes engagingly for both newcomers and those with some experience.

The concept of meditation and mindfulness has been an essential part of life in Oriental societies for centuries. It is a fundamental key to awakening and living one's own life in full conscience, as opposed to the pointless suffering one can experience through the hectic pace of Western ways of life. This series of mindfulness exercises will introduce you to the most simple and powerful techniques. They are essential for beginning one's work in meditation and mindfulness, and will benefit practitioners that are more advanced by enhancing one's powers of concentration, visualization, and general awareness.

Meditation has been scientifically proven to help alleviate pain, increase willpower and efficiency, and generally enhance satisfaction by bringing clarity and focus into everyday decisions. Long before that, it was agreed that its techniques were the basis for living a more empowered and enlightened life: the more consciousness one achieves, the easier it is to free oneself from the unconscious influences that can shape our behavior against our will. This album is the result of a careful compilation of every essential meditation tool for beginners.

这里的风景是美丽的，这里的风景是生动的。每一处，都是美妙的音符，我们聆听着这动听的音乐……這裡的風景是美麗的，這裡的風景是生動的。每一處，都是美妙的音符，我們聆聽著這動聽的音樂……

Walk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. Walk through the downtown streets, look in a shop window. She is there. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. She is there, too. Kuan Yin is the most ubiquitous Chinese deity - and the most loved. She is the living expression of compassion whose gentle face and elegant figure form the center of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Until relatively recently, she was barely known in the West, and few studies had been made of her.

人活的是什么？说到底，活的就是一个心情！人之所以活得累，是因为心境的因素太多……人活的是什麼？說到底，活的就是一個心情！人之所以活得累，是因為心境的因素太多……

Techniques for concentration and focus to relieve tense, anxiety, and focus on a precise event. The fight-or-flight mode due to stress can effectively prevent memorization or in-depth reasoning at the time you most need it. This is a series of simple and efficient relaxation techniques, easy to learn and quick to apply. They are designed to provide you with a range of proven techniques to help you prepare for an exam in the most efficient way possible, so as to overcome anxiety before and during the exam for maximum results. Learn how to effectively prepare yourself in a serene and productive way, unhampered by tension or anxiety.

The power of visualization is the most sought-after skill in meditation and relaxation techniques. It is key to a successful life, as a clear visualization of your goals boosts the possibility of attaining them in a quick and easy way; it enhances your active imagination, for a more colorful inner life and vastly enhanced memorization skills. It is also the most effective relaxation tool to relieve yourself of stress and anxiety and avoid the toll they can take on your health. This series of guided visualization exercises will lead you through imaginary journeys full of depth and colors.

Mornings set the whole day's beat: it is up to you to seize the opportunity of living a more relaxed and enjoyable life. This series of exercises are designed to take part in your personal morning routine, one or more at a time, as healthy habits to shape your way to success. Increase your self-esteem, become more relaxed and playful, learn mindfulness and improve your visualization skills through a journey of the senses, gain focus and presence through your whole day with proven and efficient techniques that will lead you to a more enlightened life.

This series of exercises is designed for children and adults suffering from nighttime anxiety or panic attacks before taking a plane. It provides essential tools and techniques for getting rid of tension and overcoming any anxiety, so as to fall asleep quickly and achieve a refreshing sleep. You will get in a relaxed state in which you can get rid of any fear of the dark, find guidance on how to overcome panic attacks, and familiarize yourself with powerful visualization techniques to get rid of tensions and rise from sleep in a relaxed, restored state.

Sleeping and napping has been proven to improve alertness, vigilance and overall performance even in short bursts, but it is not always easy to wind down and have a good sleep in the hectic pace of modern life. This series of relaxation exercises has been specially designed to let you fall asleep and emerge fully reinvigorated after a short time. You will learn optimization techniques for falling asleep quicker naturally improve your visualization skills and achieve deep relaxation with flexible and essential techniques.

This series of essential exercises will teach you relaxation by bringing mindfulness techniques to your everyday life and guiding you through deep journeys to help you connect more deeply to your senses. They mingle simple yet effective tools Oriental-inspired tools, adapted to the Western consciousness: breathing exercises, vibrant guided visualizations relying on the power of the five senses to bring you full awareness, everyday techniques to lead you to a heightened consciousness of your body and mind.

Are you fed up with being tired all day long and then wondering why it is still so hard to fall asleep? These relaxation exercices are specially designed to help you overcome insomnia by teaching you how to unwind your mind and guiding you into a state of deep relaxation. Listen to them whenever you feel you will need help to fall asleep easily for a short nap, or as part as a nightly practice to overcome sleep pattern problems. You will awaken fully refreshed and free of any tension, while having improved your concentration and visualization skills.

Young children live in an information-packed environment, and have yet to master their emotions and resist stress. Relaxation and simple meditation techniques have been proven to help them manage pressure, increase focus and concentrate. These simple relaxation exercises will introduce them to breathing techniques and mindfulness; these are the same self-calming techniques adults can learn but presented in a soothing format appealing to children. Regular practice will improve their concentration skills, help them build self-esteem and fall asleep quickly and peacefully: a great help for everyday living at home and in the classroom.

Renowned astrologer Debbie Frank has designed these 12 meditations to connect you with the essence of each zodiac sign. The magical wisdom of astrology can help you to understand how your soul was destined to grow, develop, and evolve in this lifetime. These relaxing journeys will introduce you...

Self-esteem is an essential survival tool and any lack of it must be treated very seriously. This series of relaxation exercises has been specifically designed to accompany you through the healing process of strengthening your self-esteem. Learn to achieve relaxation and set aside gnawing problems, work on your positive self-image through guided active imagination, master the proven technique of color visualization for relaxation so that you can effectively recall and apply it whenever needed, and use active imagination to amplify your personal power.

Shyness, social anxiety or social phobia is linked to low self-esteem and a higher than usual fear of what other people will think of a person's behavior. It can lead sufferers to avoid social situations in order to keep from feeling uncomfortable; but this leads to perpetuation of anxiety, as it does not address the underlying tension causing it. This series of exercises has been designed to provide you with proven and efficient tools for overcoming shyness through deep relaxation and relief techniques for obsessing thoughts.

Panic attacks can be debilitating, and the fear of getting one can often lead to a full-fledged attack. Guided relaxation techniques are one extremely efficient way of calming the mind and focusing the attention while making the physical symptoms recede. These exercises are short enough to be kept handy in case of need. You will learn simple and proven techniques to bring yourself to a safe place, to break free from obsessive thoughts, and concentrate on your body to dispel the anxiety attack in a safe way.