Expand This Moment: Focused Meditations to Quiet Your Mind, Brighten Your Mood, and Set Yourself Free Expand This Moment: Focused Meditations to Quiet Your Mind, Brighten Your Mood, and Set Yourself Free Hot

Expand This Moment: Focused Meditations to Quiet Your Mind, Brighten Your Mood, and Set Yourself Free
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Number Of Pages, Discs, Etc.
224
Date Published
April 01, 2011
ISBN-10
1577319702
ISBN-13
978-1577319702

Forty years ago, the legendary philosopher Alan Watts challenged then-graduate student John Selby to undertake a bold project: "to study the world's great meditation traditions as a psychologist from the inside out; identify the underlying psychological process common to those traditions; and then go out and teach this universal process to whoever might want to learn it." For those past forty years John Selby has combined in-depth research into cognitive science with practical wisdom from his lifelong experience practicing and teaching meditation to his students and therapy clients. 

Now Selby presents a remarkable summation of his work, using twelve universal "Focus Phrases" that predictably elicit deep experience and realization. Expand This Moment departs from traditional long-form meditation guides by presenting a short daily practice that suits our busy lives. Selby's process uses his twelve unique Focus Phrases to quickly stimulate inner awakening, healing, insight and peace.

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Expand This Moment: Focused Meditations to Quiet Your Mind, Brighten Your Mood, and Set Yourself Free 2012-10-03 09:40:30 Sarah-Beth
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Sarah-Beth Reviewed by Sarah-Beth    October 03, 2012
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Expand This Moment is a great book that teaches a fast, easy, and effective way to meditate. Based on twelve focus phrases, it can be used to regain a sense of well-being and alleviate stressful thoughts in as little as three minutes.

The book is split into twelve chapters; each one concentrating on one of the focus phrases and how to integrate them into your life. As you learn each phrase, they will build up to a holistic meditation that will promote spiritual development and emotional healing.

The first set of phrases are geared to helping you by focusing on being in the here and now. They enable you to quiet your mind and heighten a peaceful state. The next set of phrases are for emotional healing and assistance in achieving a deeper meditative state. The third and final set of phrases help you to tune into yourself and be open to the insights that await you before leading you out of meditation and back to the present.

The author of this book, John Selby, writes with insight and clarity. He brings over thirty decades of working in therapy, cognitive research and mindfulness coaching to his writing. He understands that not everyone has the time to practice meditation and this had led to his development of this shorter form which he hopes everyone will be able to integrate into their busy, daily lives.

Peppered with life stories and the teachings of his spiritual mentors, Expand This Moment is an invaluable guide that will quiet your mind and brighten your mood. Highly recommended.

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