Review: Crash Course in Mediation

November 21st, 2011

Title: Crash Course in Mediation or The Healthful, Spiritual Exercise You Didn’t Know You Were Already Doing
Author: Shanna Mann

Meditation is awesome. And for many people, terrifying. Not in the standing-at-the-edge-of-a-cliff way, but in the there-is-no-way-I-am-capable-of-this-way. Meditation can seem esoteric and daunting… like only monks and super-moms are capable and the super-moms are really faking it.

These thoughts seep in:

I can’t sit still for that long.
I don’t have that kind of focus.
There is no way *my* brain is going to become still.

The thing is, that’s one view of meditation. And if it works for you, that’s great, but if it doesn’t then there are other types. In Crash Course in Meditation Shanna gives you options and shows you what behaviors you’re already engaging in, so that you can give them more attention.

Things to know:

24 pages and two 30 guided meditations (audio)
On sale for $19 until Friday November 25
If you don’t like it, you get your money back
You can go here to read more, go ahead, it will open in another tab

I have three copies to give away to commentors, and I’d like to hear your stories and experiences with meditation, good or bad. I’ll have a random selection at Midnight Central Time on Wednesday, November 23. Make sure to enter your email address where it asks for it in the comment form, so I can send you a copy if you win.

The give away has ended. We had three commentors so it worked out perfectly, each will receive a copy of Crash Course in Meditation.

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We’re being open here, sharing and saying things we don’t always say out loud. What helps: Sharing your stories and Ideas. Cheering and telling what works/worked for you. What hurts: shoulds, harshness, and such. (I used to teach first grade, I can’t help it.)

Tags: patterns

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Elisabeth Kauffman

Hi (*waves*) so… I don’t really meditate, mostly for those reasons listed at the top (focus, still, ADD brain)… but… when I go to yoga class, I try to use Shavasana time to meditate, because someone else is there to keep me accountable to being still in my body, at least. And it’s usually really good except that… yoga makes my stomach growl… and so sometimes, in the middle of the peace and stillness that is Shavasana my stomach starts talking to the room! *Mortified*
http://puttylike.com/ Emilie Wapnick

Hi Kathryn! This feels like serendipitous timing for me. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been getting signs all over the place that I should be exploring meditation. I just finished both of Russell Simmons’ books, in which he accredits the practice for much of his success in life. It just sounds wonderful.

I’ve tried meditating a few times, only to feel like I was “doing it wrong.” It’s hard to motivate myself, even though I know that the real rewards only come after you’ve established the practice and do it regularly. I would love some sort of structured method to guide me through the process. It’s also a little hard to pop into a meditation class while I’m traveling, so a digital course would be incredible.

Hope you’re doing super well.
http://www.skajawills.com skaja wills

I talk about wanting to meditate a lot, and I think it would certainly help to be still and listen. It’s so foreign for me to do that, though, that I often manage to meditate while I’m drawing/painting. It’s possible that meditation-while-still could be more beneficial for me than meditation-while-moving.
http://thesocialcaterpillar.com/ Kathryn Hunter

I hear you. Meditation makes my eyes water, always has. So, when I’m in a group setting it often looks like I’m crying. *sigh*
http://thesocialcaterpillar.com/ Kathryn Hunter

Serendipity abounds, for sure. I’ll have to look up Simmons’ book, thanks for mentioning it.
http://thesocialcaterpillar.com/ Kathryn Hunter

I love the feeling of being in the zone while creating. Haven’t really felt like that in a while, thanks for the reminder. Meditation has so many more options than what we generally think of as “true” meditation.