Contemplative practices in action
Subtitle: spirituality, meditation, and health
By: edited by Thomas Plante ; foreword by Huston Smith.
Contributors: Plante, Thomas G.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780313382567
Subjects: Meditation -- Health aspects; Medicine -- Religious aspects; Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics); Religion and Medicine; Spirituality
Description: In a world of continuing stress and nonstop sensory input, the one thing that seems increasingly elusive is peace of mind. Pharmaceuticals and other potentially harmful measures provide relief for some people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Similarity in diversity : four shared functions of contemplative practice systems / Doug Oman; title: Managing stress mindfully / Hooria Jazaieri and Shauna Shapiro; title: Translating spiritual ideals into daily life : the eight point program of passage meditation / Tim Flinders ... [et al.]; title: Centering prayer : a method of Christian meditation for our time / Jane Ferguson; title: Mantram repetition : a "portable contemplative practice" for modern times / Jill Bormann; title: The eternal is with me, I shall not fear : Jewish contemplative practices and well-being / Zari Weiss and David Levy; title: A comprehensive contemplative approach from the Islamic tradition / Aisha Hamdan; title: The path of yoga / T. Anne Richards; title: Zen and the transformation of emotional and physical stress into well being / Sarita Tamayo-Moraga and Darlene Cohen; title: The impact of meditation practices in the daily life of Silicon valley leaders / Andre L. Delbecq; title: Shaking the blues away : energizing spiritual practices for the treatment of chronic pain / Amy Wachholtz and Michelle J. Pearce; title: A pilgrimage from suffering to solidarity : walking the path of contemplative practices / Gerdenio Manuel, S.J. and Martha E. Stortz.