Self-Meditation

DonÕt self-medicateÑself-meditate. In a book of thousands of entries, written in the abundant, winningly positive way thatÕs helped her books sell over 1.5 million copies, Barbara Ann Kipfer shows just how we canÑand shouldÑmeditate anytime, anywhere, and reap the evergrowing list of benefits associated with this practice.

Created by the author who brought us 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, Instant Karma, 8,789 Words of Wisdom, and The Wish List, SELF MEDITATION is a compulsive, instantly accessible list of hundreds and hundreds of meditation practices that can be done during the course of our daily lives. You donÕt need to go to a mountain retreat, renounce meat, or walk through coals on the soles of your feetÑhereÕs a meditation to have with a cup of tea. A waiting-in-line meditation. Meditations while reading, eating, doing sit-ups, working, shopping, or finding yourself stuck in a traffic jam (especially while stuck in a traffic jam). There are breaths to take and praises to give, and throughout, ways to slow down and finally smell the rosesÑor hear the cricketsÑor see the stars. Drawn from spiritual practices as varied as Zen, yoga, Sufism, and insight meditation, itÕs a delicious spiritual tonic that includes meditation basics, mantras and koans, tips, and more. A completely portable guide, so that at any moment of the day or night, we can all catch our inner breath.