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Meditation for Beginners
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Speech
- Release date: 12-17-99
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sounds True
Regular price: $17.47
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- Cassi
- Cleveland, TN, USA
- 08-30-07
just as it says
If you are beginning to explore sitting meditation, this is an excellent audio guide and introduction. The guided practice is succinct and well-done, and I appreciated the commentary before and after. It is a nice progression - from breathing meditation and slightly beyond - easy to listen to and nicely explained. A friend had recommended the printed version of this book, but I found that having the audio guided practice much more appropriate than trying to read/remember/practice. Initially, the audio helps me to re-direct/return to focus. Highly recommended.
16 of 16 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Theodore
- santa monica, CA, USA
- 02-08-07
Great, compact, effective
This is what a meditation audio should be. It's brief and includes four or five guided meditations of around ten minutes each, along with brief discussions by the author before and after each meditation.
20 of 21 people found this review helpful
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- John Gorsline
- Kennewick, WA United States
- 01-16-06
Meditation fro beginners
Excelent introduction to starting to meditate. Great teacher.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
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- Jodie
- 02-03-15
Down to earth and useful
Practical guidance in the first half with useful, grounding 5-10 minute meditation practices punctuating each progression. I'm enjoying learning to meditate this way. He's clearly realistic about this practice and it's difficult points and funny at times.
The second half describes Buddhism's 4 noble truths, with short meditations on each - personally a bit less useful to me, but I think I may be too inexperienced to really get something out of meditations about particular philosophies. I'll probably pick those up again later to see if I feel differently.
Either way, this does well as an audiobook and is a great intro to meditation. Narrator is easy to listen to.
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- BRobinson
- Oregon
- 01-16-15
Great way to learn
I am new to meditating and trying to do it on my own was difficult. This audio book made it easy and enjoyable.
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- Rich B
- 06-01-14
He Was So Good I Went To Sleep(;>
If you could sum up Meditation for Beginners in three words, what would they be?
Excellent book to listen to for beginners of meditation.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Jack Kornfield.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me chill for the first time trying meditation.
Any additional comments?
I highly recommend this book for anyone that wants to try meditating to change their lives!
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Douglas
- Atlanta, GA, United States
- 03-24-14
Nice Introduction to Meditation
This was a good intro for novices like myself. The author tries hard to make the listener comfortable. I haven't tried any of the tips yet so I can't really say for sure how helpful it was. To be honest, after listening to this I really don't think I'm spiritual enough for meditation. I think when I was younger I would have loved this, but at this point I'm not sure I can do it.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful
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- Kelly
- 03-08-17
Relaxing
This book is so calming and is great when at the beginning stage of meditation
0 of 1 people found this review helpful