Meditation Books and CD's
Books by Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison is the director of the Perth Meditation Centre and one of Australia's most experienced meditation teachers. His books have sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into a dozen languages. Eric bases his teaching on sound medical and psychological principles. He avoids using vague 'new age' language and makes sure his students understand exactly what they are doing and how meditation works.
The 5-Minute Meditator (Book) by Eric Harrison
The 5-Minute Meditator is the ideal introduction to meditation. Colourfully illustrated, it contains 42 exercises to help you calm your body and mind in short bursts throughout the day. You'll be surprised at how easy this book makes learning meditation. Even experienced meditators will be delighted at the effectiveness of these techniques.
Purchase direct from Melbourne Meditation Centre for $25
The Art of Awareness by Eric Harrison
The latest book from Eric Harrison, The Art of Awareness explores the benefits of longer meditations. With his usual clarity, Eric explains awareness (or mindfulness) clearly and describes how to use meditation to develop inner balance and self-understanding, and the kind of deep, intelligent thought that is the true reward of meditation. The book will suit meditators who are seeking to deepen their practice.
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Meditation & Health (e-book) by Eric Harrison
Now available as a downloadable e-book for just $12.00, Meditation & Health is a practical guide to understanding and using meditation to improve your health and well-being.
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Books by Graham Williams
Graham Williams, Ph.D., trained as a meditation teacher for over ten years in the Burmese and Tibetan traditions. He is the founder and director of the Lifeflow Meditation Centre in Adelaide and has created a uniquely Australian form of meditation.
Life in Balance by Graham Williams
The Lifeflow Guide to Meditation is a practical Australian handbook for understanding and getting what you want from your meditation practice.
Purchase direct from Melbourne Meditation Centre for $28
Books by Jason Siff
Jason Siff was a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in the late 1980s, where he began studying Pali and teaching meditation. After he left the Buddhist monastic order and returned to Los Angeles in 1990, he studied counseling psychology. He is the founder and head teacher of the Skillful Meditation Project and teaches meditation and leads retreats throughout the United States and in Australia.
Unlearning Meditation by Jason Siff
Particularly suited to experienced meditators, but also useful for beginners, Unlearning Meditaiton - What to do when the instructions get in the way is a guide through the common side-streets, back alleys, and pitfalls that most meditators will stumble upon or into at some point in their practice. The book provides useful guidance on how to develop a gentle, open and mature personal meditation style.
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Books by Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche
Camille Maurine is a dancer who started meditating in 1972, and in 1975 began teaching meditation and body awareness in the context of her dance classes. She has been involved in various forms of meditation, yoga and psychology and travels widely to give performances and workshops.
Lorin Roche started meditating in 1968 in a research project on the phsyiology of meditation. Trained in 1970 as a meditation teacher, he has been active ever since, working with students from all walks of life. In 1975 he began reinventing meditation from the ground up, for Westerners, and he completed his master's thesis in 1985 focusing on the hazards of meditation, and his Ph.D. in 1987 for his study of the language that meditators use to descrive their inner experiences.
Meditation Secrets For Women by Camille Maurine
The benefits of meditation are manifold — but so few practices are tailored to the special needs and interests of women. In Meditation Secrets for Women, you can discover how to love your body and find a time and place to tune into yourself and restore inner balance. Get in touch with your body's natural rhythms. Honour your instincts, and tap into your feminine power os that you can emerge nourished, revitalized, and joyful. This book offers all the tools and insights necessary for women to design their own custom meditation techniques, without all the restrictions of traditional practices.
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Guided Meditation CD's by Matthew Young
A Taste of Meditation (CD) by Matthew Young
The first in a series of Meditation CD's produced by the Melbourne Meditation Centre, this CD offers a variety of interesting and enjoyable meditative experiences to help you to discover or enrich your meditation practice. Each of the 6 guided meditations is roughly 10 minutes long, and they can be listened to in succession if you wish to meditate for longer. Each track has a different theme, so if you have a particular need or purpose you can skip straight to the most appropriate meditation.
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Meditation for Health (CD) by Matthew Young
Meditation for Health - Developing skills for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, includes three relatively long (20 - 30 minute) tracks, accompanied by sounds of nature.
The tracks on this CD guide you gently through exercises in mindfulness, acceptance and ‘remembered wellness’, introducing skills and methods that will help you to maintain optimal health and wellbeing.
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Meditation at Work (CD) by Matthew Young
Meditation at Work - Short Meditations to Keep You in Balance All Day introduces 11 meditations ranging from 1 to 20 minutes in length. Short, practical and easy to integrate into your day, these meditations will teach you how to make meditation a natural part of you life.
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Guided Meditation CD's by Eric Harrison
How to Meditate. Part 1: The Basic Kit (Double CD) by Eric Harrison
NEW - SEPTEMBER 2011. This double CD is an updated and streamlined version of the"How to Meditate" CD set which was first released in 2001. A complete introduction to meditation on CD, this package includes comprehensive instructions on how to meditate, a range of simple but effective 'spot meditations' that you can use to destress in short bursts throughout the day, short versions of the foundational meditations focusing on the body, breath and sounds, as well as longer meditations designed to help you develop your technique. Track Listing
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How to Meditate. Part 2: Awareness (Double CD) by Eric Harrison
Meditation is much more than relaxation alone. This 2-CD set contains short and long guided meditations to develop present-moment awareness, or mindfulness, with music by flute master Riley Lee. This set completes the revision of the original 4-CD set from 2006.
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Short, Active Meditations (Double CD) by Eric Harrison
You don’t always have to sit down for a long time to meditate. Relaxing a little many times a day, shedding stress whever you need to and enjoying the present, can be far more productive. These two CDs supplement The 5-Minute Meditator and show you how to make meditation an integral part of our life.
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Stress, Health and Meditation (Double CD) by Eric Harrison
NEW - SEPTEMBER 2011. This double CD from Eric Harrison covers the same material as his book Meditation & Health. It explains the effects of and relationships between stress, health and meditation. CD1 outlines the mechanics of meditation and explains how it works to dissolve stress, the goes on to explain the history an biology of stress and how mindfulness can help to control anxiety. CD2 has 'chapters' on sleep, muscles tension, cardiovascular disease, breathing, digestion and immunity, explaining in detail how stress effects each of these areas and how meditation can help. Track Listing
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Focusing and Awareness (Double CD) by Eric Harrison
Do you want to develop meditation and your mind to their full potential? If so, you wil find that it all depends on your ability to stay focused on what is important in the moment, and skillfully manage the inevitable distractions. Sustained attention is the starting point for all the higher mental faculties, such as memory, learning, judgement and planning, and it is the key to success in everything we do, big or small.
This 2-CD audiobook explains the psychology of attention and what actually happens in your mind when you try to meditate. It will help you to discover how to make the most out of meditation.
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Guided Meditation CD's by Kevin Hume
Sydney-based, Kevin Hume has a wealth of experience as an international journalist, broadcaster, film-maker, guest university lecturer and conference speaker, ministerial adviser and communications consultant. He is a similarly highly experienced and acclaimed teacher and meditator, whose approach is grounded in the applications of the latest scientific understandings as well as in the ancient spiritual traditions from which such meditation techniques are drawn.
First Steps in the Journey to Peace (CD) by Kevin Hume
This CD includes meditations on the breath, a beautiful object, and the body. The meditations are designed to encourage you to feel good about yourself and can help you to deal with emotional difficulties.
Purchase direct from Melbourne Meditation Centre for $25
More Steps in the Journey to Peace (CD) by Kevin Hume
Meditations to de-stress while flying or stuck at the traffic lights, to energise yourself when tired, relax when pressured or identify and heal physical ailments and manage pain.
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Further Steps in the Journey to Peace (CD) by Kevin Hume
On this CD you can diminish your anxieties, enhance your sense of well being, try a traditional Sufi meditation or make use of music to drift off into a restful sleep.
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Steps in the Journey to Peace of Mind (4 CD Set) by Kevin Hume
The full Steps in the Journey to Peace of Mind series on 3 CD's together with Joerg Hofmann’s exquisite music for meditations Journeys CD designed as the perfect compliment to the spoken Steps in the Journey series.
Purchase direct from Melbourne Meditation Centre for $100
Journeys in Pursuit of a Vision (CD) by Kevin Hume
Eighty minutes of exquisite music ideal for meditating or relaxing to. 'Journeys' is an ambient symphony that takes you on an enchanting journey of revival and reflection.
Purchase direct from Melbourne Meditation Centre for $25