Living from the Heart: Heart Rhythm Meditation for Energy, Clarity, Peace, Joy, and Inner Power

by Puran Khan Bair

Book Overview

Living from the Heart introduces an innovative, Sufi-based meditation method for improving daily life. Through becoming mindful of the heartbeat readers will be able to create a deep state of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609803131
• ISBN13: 9780609803134
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A practical, inspiring and empowering way get in touch with your heart through meditation.

Living from the Heart has altered my perception of what it truly means to be "real" and has had a profound effect on not only how I perceive others but more importantly on how I react to all of life's situations. I've found that through the breath practices alone my life has changed. My energy is double if not triple what it was, my ability to listen to others and really hear what they are saying has increased when I listen with my heart and maintain a full breathing pattern. Add the element breath practices and WOW you have a guaranteed method of changing your energy to match the situation. If you need to be the calm voice of reason in a business meeting where everyone else is charged up and you use the air and earth breaths you can not only see the bigger picture and commonality of everyone's concerns but you can remain calm in the storm and actually calm down everyone in the meeting (both in person and via phone). If you've had a long day and need to get a boost of energy or optimism then the fire breadth will increase your energy. The water breadth is perfect for developing and sending empathy and emotions for not only your closer relationships but also with those you may have just met. I've found that learning to harness the power of your breath can be an extremely powerful tool in business as well as in life. I have tried many different forms of meditation over the past 24 years and have taken multiple leadership, communication, relationship building and "stress relief" courses yet they only cover bits and pieces of how to effectively listen to your intuition, relate to another person, show empathy and relieve stress. Living from the heart gives you sound, easy to practice and incredibly powerful methods of developing your concentration, intuition, communication with yourself, and guides you to living a heart centered life. The key to this method of meditation is that it is not just visualization or counting or any of the other methods that take you away from your body and self but rather key practices that will apply to every situation in your life. This book not only teaches you how to meditate but gives you the tools to apply the benefits of mediation to enhance your everyday life. It gives you the tools you need to contact your heart, hear what it says, learn how to breath (which if that is all you learn from this book your life will be greatly enhanced), and to really connect with your spiritual side. The method is based on thousands of years of collective knowledge from multiple religions and spiritual practices blended with the latest in scientific research. Puran Bair has done an absolutely spectacular job of synthesizing the best practices that many spend a lifetime learning and presenting the knowledge in an easy to understand, easy to practice and incredibly powerful manor that anyone can learn and benefit from. I've given copies of this book to countless friends. Anyone that wants to learn how to really breath and utilize

A Primer for the Practical Mystic

I was initially attracted to this book because the concept of living a heart-centered life is very appealing to me. I have purchased too many spiritually-oriented books over the years that were not truly useful in daily life, however, so, as I leafed through Puran Bair's book, I was looking for evidence that there was something offered that would be of practical benefit to me. I was immediately struck by the clarity of the writing, the accessible organization of the text, the diversity of practical applications offered, and the grounding of the work in a legitimate, long established universalist spiritual tradition. This book has been useful to me in my personal life, particularly in regard to relationships and in the healing of emotional wounds, and it has also been very helpful in my professional life as an educator and counselor. It is a book that helps facilitate the understanding of self and others; a book that teaches how to build bridges between hearts. Our world needs these practices.

great for teaching meditation

This user-friendly and engaging book is ideal for introducing people to meditation and helping them establish a regular practice. Meditating with the heartbeat creates a sense of vibrant, warm connection with others and with ones own inner life.

A great introduction to practical meditation

I have been a meditator for many years. During this time I have had experience with many different forms of meditation and inner work. I have found Heart Rhythmn Meditation as presented in Living From the Heart to be an extremely effective method for reaching a state of inner peace, harmony and balance. This book explains this simple, powerful and effective method of meditation. It works for both those beginning and those sustaining a meditation practice. The aspect of Bair's method that I found particularly valuable is the distinction that he makes between upward and downward meditation. Upward meditation's purpose is to release one's consciousness from the constraints of earthly existence. Upward meditation can create all sorts of personal, emotional and psychic problems for unwary practitioners. In contrast downward meditation helps one to understand the purpose and meaning behind one's daily life. It is a much safer form of meditation designed to make one better able to deal with real life problems. For those of us that have busy, active lives in the world that are geared towards accomplishment and achievement, downward meditation is the more useful technique. I recommend this book to people that would like clear, practical instructions for meditating.

A fresh approach to meditation

This is a great book for both the new and experienced meditator. Exploring the sound of your heart in meditation is a wondefully rich and centering experience. The book guides you step by step to achieving this, as well as advanced methods that will continually allow you to grow. For the new meditator, there is also a program w/ a timetable in the back of the book to help you structure your progress.