Practiced throughout the world and within many different religions, meditations have long been a pathway to spiritual harmony and enlightenment. This fascinating book provides you with a personalized, practical and direct experience of meditation, and demonstrates the powerful healing that can be achieved by mastering this art. Going far beyond a reference guide,The Meditation Experienceis more like a personal tutor, explaining how to meditate and access the benefits it offers including stress reduction, greater awareness and spiritual development. Interactive exercises help you to tailor the book to your needs; journaling sections allow you to write your own experiences directly into the book; the step-by-step learning program guides you to revision work and more advanced exercises and an exclusive CD featuring meditations and inspirational music will bring you into a receptive state for deeper work. Case studies are featured throughout the book as well, providing a holistic, integrated and practical guide for your own personal meditation workshop in a book.