Living Meditation with Audio CD Author:Alexander C. Simpkins, Annellen M., Ph.D. Simpkins Meditation is known for its spiritual enrichment, but when applied well, meditation can also be beneficial in many practical ways. Living Meditation with Accompanying Audio CD teaches meditation methods and then describes how to apply them to make changes in everyday life. The book explains meditation traditions and links meditation's usefu... more »l practices to American pragmatism. Part Two gives step-by-step instructions for meditating. Part Three includes applications to help cope better and improve in a number of key areas of life such as learning, stress, emotional balance, and healing. The 70 minute CD begins with guided meditations for listeners to find their way into the experience. Then it leads listeners in applying meditation to enhancing intelligence, thinking, and learning, finding emotional balance, reducing stress, promoting healing, and changing habits. This book/CD combination will quiet your mind, help you become mindfully aware, sharpen and clarify thinking, sustain inner calm, reduce stress and bring about positive changes.« less