Sitting Comfortably: Preparing the Mind and Body for Peaceful Meditation

This book is a guide to setting up a long-term healthy and enjoyable meditation practice. It’s the only comprehensive approach to preparing for sitting meditation without aches and pains. It explores physical issues that may arise while sitting, such as painful knees or tight hamstrings. 

Author Swami Saradananda shows how yoga preparation, breathing, and adapting postures can strengthen the body and help maintain a sitting meditation. It’s an invaluable reference guide for students of mindfulness, yoga, Buddhism, and New Age traditions. The book is broken into 8 chapters, including overcoming obstacles to meditation, the art of sitting for meditation, stretches/yoga poses that can help you sit comfortably, breathing exercises (pranayama), diet and lifestyle, and transitioning from meditation to the world.

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