Insight Meditation: A Step-by-step Course on How to Meditate

I was skeptical of this system, but carefully read the reviews, and decided to give it a shot.I'm glad I did.My wife had purchased a meditation product from Sylvan Learning, and it got me started, but I felt it was limited,and very basic, so I went online and found this.Once it arrived, I was excited to try it out, and we have been using it daily since it arrived, about a week ago.Our lives have been turned upside down in ways I never expected at this late stage of my life, and our stress levels have been over the top, with no relief in sight, for the past few years.When trying the Sylvan meditation, I realized there could be something here for me, but it seemed too simplistic and limited.Well, I'm happy to report the Insight Meditation program is working wonders for me!I use it once or twice a day, some days, I will do 2 sessions, back to back, and I am enjoying a peace and calm like I have not had in years, perhaps ever. I am still on the first meditation, Breath Meditation, and see no reason to rush on to the next one yet. It's very difficult to just focus on one thing, my mind goes incessantly, but the cd is excellent at guiding me through, and bringing me back to the focal point.I am sleeping well, whereas for the the past few years, I would be awake for hours each night, and to sleep through the night was an extremely rare occurrence.Now, already, it's the norm.I highly recommend this system to anyone interested in learning to meditate, and finding some inner peace in this crazy world.Back to add to this review, date 7/14/2011.I stopped using the meditation for some months, and found myself becoming filled with anxiety again.A little background, I have just lost an excellent business I had spent 30 years building, and it's all been lost. No retirement, no job, back to square one.Using this meditation is the only thing that has helped me find some peace within my daily nightmare.I've lost the first CD, so I'm back to order another, since it's been so helpful, and I feel the need to go back to the basics.The book was not something I have been able to get into, but the CD's are well worth the investment.As I said, I have just ordered them again, just so I can use the first one, which I misplaced.It will probably show up the week after I get my new one. LOLI hope this helps you as much as it does me. It's not for everyone, my wife tried it with me in the beginning, but she did not care for it, so she dropped it, but I continued on and found what I need.Back to update this review.I have now started a new life, relocated to a warm climate where I've always wanted to live, and my new life is good.It's been difficult, and I do miss the security of my old business, but I don't miss anything else about it, lol.I've recently felt the need to move forward in my spiritual journey, and discovered another meditation cd that I really like a lot, so I thought I'd share it here, as I often get great leads from others reviews. It's the Wishes Fulfilled Meditation CD by Wayne Dyer. I also got the book, Wishes Fulfilled, and together with the cd, it's launched me on a whole new journey to inner peace harmony and self discovery.I highly recommend them to anyone interested in going to the next level in their meditation and spiritual life.http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=wayne+dyer+wishes+fulfilled&tag=googhydr-20&index=stripbooks&hvadid=20310828684&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13865601311307074242&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3ic6ivc47k_e

If you're new to meditation and are looking for some guidance, this set may be just the thing for you.What was especially helpful about this set:**the comprehensive materials. You get a book, explaining each meditation section, as well as background information about meditation. The CD has several meditation practices on it, and you are encouraged to journal your feelings after each meditation.**the variety of meditations. Everything from breathing, to walking to vipassana meditations are covered.**Sharon's matter-of-factness about meditation realities. She reassures you that it's very common for your mind to wander during practice.What really missed the mark with this set:**Both Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein have very grating, very unpleasant sounding voices. These voices really detract from the meditation experience. It's hard to ignore them! Meditation is supposed to help you relax and free your mind. A soothing, calming voice is a critical part of the process. While I really appreciate what Sharon and Joseph have created here, they should have used someone with a better voice to guide the meditations.The annoying voices is why I rated this 4 stars instead of 5 stars. That being said, I do recommend this product as a good introduction to meditation.

I started a daily morning meditation practice at the beginning of 2013 but in the Fall of 2014 it fell by the wayside. I felt I needed new motivation (and a good swift, kick in the pants). Just happened to read some reviews on Amazon and this course was highly recommended. So I bought it and have to say, it's exactly what I was looking for. I've completed a full week of daily (20 minutes) breathing meditations (Disc 1, track 1) and it's starting to fall into place. The hardest part for this Type A personality is learning to "just accept that you might lose focus on the breath but you just start over. Even if you have to start over a million times" in a 20 minute session, "that's the practice." Never thought I'd be able to sit still for 20 minutes either; well, it can be done! Very pleased and excited about the upcoming meditations. A+!

Bought this to replace a missing CD, thankfully the CD it did have is the one I needed. Shouldn't be labeled as a "good" used product if it is missing a key item. Only gave it 3 stars because I got lucky with the CD it did provide happened to be the one I needed.

Wonderful how-to intro for those new to meditation. The included guided meditation CDs are a benefit (and you can rip the files to put on your phone or tablet). The authors take a slow, supportive, non-judgmental approach that helps you realize the whole purpose is returning to the present moment and your breath. Highly recommended.

I have not finished this "course" yet, but so far I like it quite a bit.Already having learned to meditate on the breath some of this was "old hat" for me, but even so, there is info here I did not have and it is well written and worthwhile as a review and as another perspective.The cards that come with it, to me, were a waste of paper. They could have just put the info at the back of the book. It seems like some kind of "marketing ploy" to create a "package".However, the cd's are good, and do help one to practice meditation. Even for me it gave me some new techniques and new ideas about meditation.Overall, this is an excellent intro to "insight meditation" and I recommend it!

This is a great book for beginners to Buddhist teaching. It even has flash cards to help you remember all the numbered ideas... 4 noble truths, 8 fold path, etc... There is also a meditation cd that has guided meditations. I bought it because my meditation group wanted to go through it as a group, and I didn't finish it because some of it seemed basic and I got distracted with my life (this is why I need to meditate!). But if you're looking for a nice, accessible, introduction, this is a good choice.

Excellent step-by-step training to learn how to meditate and calm our minds with some great supporting information to help us to reach deeper into our issues and emotions.

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I have been looking for a beginner's guide to meditation for a long time and this book, although not perfect, probably comes the closest to fulfilling what I was looking for despite not being written, to my mind, for beginners. It is best suited to those who have done a little meditation practice and are ready to enrol on a serious commitment to daily meditation by dedicating at least one continuous hour to its practice.It takes the committed reader through a series of meditation exercises both in written form and in the accompanying CDs and in order to get full value out of the book then these really do have to be followed closely - this is very time intensive so be sure you have the time to commit if you want to get full value for money.If you don't have the time then, like me, you may still find use in the book as it is extremely well written, explaining in some detail and more clearly than I have seen before some of the fundamental concepts of Buddhism and the objectives of meditation. For this alone it is worth the purchase price.

Initially, I was sent only the Spiral Bound Book without the CDs and Study Cards. I contacted the Support Team. They were very helpful. A replacement Item was sent containing everything; in immaculate condition. I highly recommend the Seller.I haven't started reading the book. But I browsed through it and the study cards; it looks like a brilliant way of learning meditation using the Buddhist Insight method.

The book arrived on time , the condition was as stayed , but it's clean and all pages are in tactThe book is not an easy read but so helpful on our journeyThsnkyou