The Breath

By Tony McMahon and Vessantara

Book Overview

Calm, awareness, peace, openness. Developing these characteristics is part of what the mindfulness of breathing meditation can offer. Join Vessantara, an experienced meditator and teacher, for an exploration of one of the most common meditation practices. Found in most Buddhist traditions, yoga and, most recently, stress management techniques, the mindfulness of breathing is something we can integrate into our daily lives. With practical examples balanced with clear descriptions of the practice's philosophy, Mindfulness of Breathing offers an accessible foundation for us to develop more focus, more evenness in our everyday emotions as well as more openness and awareness to the world we're in. For to be better for those around us, we need to be more at ease with ourselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1899579699
• ISBN13: 9781899579693
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Windhorse Publications (UK)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.5" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly good intro to meditation and breath awareness

I must say, this book is a great source for the fundamentals of mindfulness and meditation. It provides very simple and easy to follow instructions on the practical aspects that meditators new and old face. As a yoga teacher I would not hesitate to refer students and aspirants to this simple, straightforward, and grounded teaching above the many more circuitous approaches that are available.