The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meditation, 2nd Edition


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You're no idiot, of course. Sometimes you just want to relax, clear your head, rest your aching muscles, and rejuvenate your weary soul. You've heard meditation is a great stress reliever, but sometimes it seems so complicated it makes you downright uptight. Relax! Meditation is easy to learn-especially if you rely on The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Meditation, second edition, as you follow the path to inner peace. In this Complete Idiot's Guide®, you get: - Zen techniques, including guided imagery and mindfulness, to help you meditate effectively. - Tips for learning how to use meditation in daily life, including stressful situations, exercise, and fatigue. - An easy-to-understand explanation of the connections between meditation, sleep, and dreams. - Expert advice on how and when to meditate and detailed drawings and diagrams for breathing, positions, and more. - Techniques for meditating to music or modern chants.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Short Meditations


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Provides advice on how and when to meditate and techniques on ways to relax and unwind, and includes a collection of brief meditations and reflections.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meditation


Book Description

You're no idiot, of course. Sometimes you just want to relax, clear your head, rest your aching muscles, and rejuvenate your weary soul. You've heard meditation is a great stress reliever, but sometimes it seems so complicated it makes you downright uptight. Relax! Meditation is easy to learn--especially if you rely on The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meditation, Second Edition, as you follow the path to inner peace. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: --Zen techniques, including guided imagery and mindfulness, to help you meditate effectively. --Tips for learning how to use meditation in daily life, including stressful situations, exercise, and fatigue. --An easy-to-understand explanation of the connections between meditation, sleep, and dreams. --Expert advice on how and when to meditate and detailed drawings and diagrams for breathing, positions, and more. --Techniques for meditating to music or modern chants.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Palmistry, 2nd Edition


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This updated and revised second edition covers palm and hand reading, including an in-depth look at individual fingers, lines and the shape of the palm, and how these can be read to reveal personal insights. All-new information on health, happiness, and well-being and how a reading can interpret them. Worksheets to help beginners chart the dominant characteristics of the hand and what they mean in a reading. Exercises, examples and detailed line drawings to ease beginners into the practice of palm reading. Perfect for beginners and a good quick-reference guide for more exeprienced palm readers.




Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism


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Enlightenment has never been easier than with this updated guide to Buddhism.432 pp.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rumi Meditations


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Did you know that one of the best-selling poets in the U.S. today is a Persian mystic who lived in the thirteenth century? Mawlana Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, known in the West simply as Rumi, was born in 1207, a Sufi theologian and poet whose words spoke of love, unity with God, and spiritual growth. Rumi and his followers believed in employing music, poetry, and dance to become closer to God, and their sema is dancing prayer practiced by them. We know them best as the Whirling Dervishes. Although hundreds of years have passed since Rumi's life and death, his poetry continues to appeal to readers the world over, who remain open to the miraculous power of love. In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rumi Meditations, Yahiya Emerick, the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam, brings the unique practice of moving meditation to American readers of today. More than 40 meditations based on Rumi's poems will leave them drunk with the divine love Rumi continues to inspire.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga, 2e


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This book is for anyone interested in health, fitness, or the healing arts. It teaches you the basics of stretching, breathing, and meditation, with exercises designed to help you relax, become more flexible, more productive, and more self-satisfied.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism, 2nd Edition


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A new look at an ancient religion. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Hinduism, Second Edition, contains updated and expanded information on how the religion developed from its very fragmented origins, the basic Hindu beliefs, and the multiple Hindu deities, as well as the sociological aspects of the religion including ethics, sacraments, dietary habits, the caste system, and much more. • Hinduism is the third-largest religion in the world, with over 765 million followers worldwide • Updated information on the state of Hinduism today • An exploration of the Hindu paths to enlightenment including karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, tantra and laya yoga • Expanded information on the Hindu Reformation




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Communicating with Spirits


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You’re no idiot, of course. You know life is a journey and that physical birth and death are its points of transition. Many people, across cultures and faiths, believe the spirit lives on—and have experienced contact with the spirits of loved ones who have passed to the higher side. This contact is joyous, comforting, and healing—but you wonder if it’s really real and whether you can share in it, too. Don’t give up the spirit! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Communicating with Spirits will show you exactly how to uncover your own mediumistic capabilities and connect with those no longer on the earth plane. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: --Tips on how to connect with your personal divine energy through prayer, meditation, and dreams. --Information on the birth of the human soul—as perceived through theological, metaphysical, and spiritual viewpoints. --Exercises to help you develop your mediumistic abilities. --Tangible evidence of the continuity of life as presented through the experiences and spirit drawings of medium Rita S. Berkowitz.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Diabetes, 2nd Edition


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The answers to an epidemic - now updated. The millions of people diagnosed with diabetes can learn how to live a healthy, normal life with this guide. It teaches readers how to explore all of the available treatments, monitor and manage blood glucose levels, recognize warning signs of low blood sugar, buy, use, and store insulin, make new diet and lifestyle choices, incorporate daily exercise, and avoid long and short-term complications. - Includes the first-ever released American Diabetes Association official dietary Guidelines - Updated content on new medications and monitors - More information for those who have become insulin resistant or have pre-diabetes