Presence meditation
Subtitle: the practice of life awareness
By: Jens-Erik Risom ; translation by Marianne Bentzen.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781556439124
Subjects: Meditation
Description: "Anyone who has ever set out to improve themselves knows how hard it can be to maintain their efforts. Created to support beginning and experienced meditators alike, Presence Meditation offers a step-by-step program to increase self-awareness through simple but revelatory exercises"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: The foundation; title: The purpose of meditation; title: The wandering mind; title: The four introductions; title: Rootedness; title: Attention to breathing; title: Fullness of feeling; title: Witness awareness; title: Presence exercise; title: Sitting with open or closed eyes; title: Structuring a meditation period; title: Sitting positions; title: The now; title: Process and practice; title: The gradual method; title: Step 1: calm settling; title: Step 2: arriving in the now; title: Step 3: alert presence; title: Step 4: neutral observation; title: Motivation; title: The path; title: Discovering neutrality; title: Sleepiness; title: Deepening neutrality; title: Step 5: discovering projects; title: Step 6: relaxing the mind; title: Step 7: opening to trust; title: Meditation and life; title: Meditation in general; title: The world; title: The teaching structure of meditation; title: A summary; title: Choicelessness; title: Step 8: sensing spaciousness; title: Step 9: the experience of not-knowing; title: Step 10: choiceless awareness; title: Invocation and dedication; title: The gradual path of presence meditation; title: The unfolding of presence; title: A supportive life practice; title: Applied meditation; title: Meditative horizons.