Meditation for the Soul, A Beginner's Guide to Calming Your Inner Being

By Jameel D. Nolan

Life is filled with so many twist and turns so challenge your inner thoughts through various meditation methods to calm your soul. This is a beginner's guide into meditation learning different techniques, identifying your stressors and a resource guide. Meditation can be incorporated into the busiest person's life with as little as 5 minutes or as much as 30 each day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jameel D. Nolan
• Release date: Apr 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310301759

Jameel D. Nolan

Jameel D. Nolan can be best described as fun, intelligent and gifted...This mother of two enjoys making soy candles, graphic design, writing, traveling the world and everything crafty. Nolan didn't realize she had yet another talent in writing until almost two years after successfully self-publishing her first soy candle eBook teaching others the art of soy candle making while earning a part-time income. Today, she has published four eBooks ranging from non-fiction how to to self-help.

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Meditation for the Soul

A Beginner’s Guide into Calming Your Inner Being

By Jameel D. Nolan

Published by Smashwords

Copyright 2014 Jameel D. Nolan

ISBN: 978-1-310-30175-9

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Meditation

CHAPTER 2: Why Should I Incorporate Meditation into My Life?

CHAPTER 3: Benefits of Meditation

CHAPTER 4: Different Ways You Can Meditate

Guided Meditation

Breathing Techniques

Transcendental (Mantra) Meditation

Yoga

Prayer

Biofeedback

Exercise

Zazen

Vipassana

Heart Rhythm Meditation

Kundalini

Reflective Meditation

Qi Gong

CHAPTER 5: Pinpoint Your Stressors

CHAPTER 6: Tips to Get the Most Out of Meditation

CHAPTER 7: Resources

Meditation Podcasts

Smartphone Apps

YogaExercises

Breathing Exercises

Positive Affirmations

Guided Meditation Scripts

CHAPTER 8: Conclusion

FOREWORD

I hope this eBook finds you in good health mentally, spiritually and emotionally. I pray this book helps give you a better understanding of meditation and why it’s so important to incorporate at least 5 minutes per day in your life. You too can discover ways to calm your mood, redirect negative energy and gain a better understanding of you like I did.

This book is dedicated to all the people who have touched my life over the years that helped me to discover the real me in becoming a better person one day at a time.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Meditation

Serenity. Peace. Tranquility. These are all things that a vast majority of us are sorely lacking in our lives. With to-do lists that seem to grow by the second and an ever-increasing amount of responsibilities being placed upon our shoulders, most of us rarely get the opportunity to relax, reflect, and regroup after a busy day...

But what if I told you that there was a simple and straightforward way to achieve the relaxation and calm in your life that many of us only dream of? What if there was an ancient practice that could give you the power to not only enhance your emotional and mental well-being, but improve the overall health of your body?

For centuries, cultures throughout the world have been using meditation to help remedy a wide variety of stress related ailments, and to maintain a mind-body connection that allowed them to improve their physical wellness. It's believed that hunter-gather societies were the first to utilize meditation, which can in the form of staring into an open flame and focusing their thought.

Despite the fact that it has been such a popular practice over the span of our history, it has just recently begun gaining ground in the Western World. People are now beginning to see all of the benefits that it can offer and are turning to meditation in order to restore balance in their personal and professional lives. In many respects, meditation can offer everyone the chance to give your mind and body the attention and nurturing it needs to heal itself and ensure that you are taking the time to live in the moment.

The amazing thing about meditation is that it doesn't involve