Meditation Resources

Books on Meditation

• Secrets of Meditation by davidji – best overall book on the research and practices of meditation
  
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga by Deepak Chopra –information about the seven daily laws to live by, meditation, Ayurveda, 4 paths and 8 limbs of yoga– best overall Chopra book.
• Getting in the Gap – by Wayne Dyer – provides a book and a CD with guided meditations
• Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe – a UK Meditation Expert who provides simple exercises, stories and techniques
• Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last by Dr. Lee Lipsenthal – Doctor who has esophageal cancer and focuses on meditation, gratefulness and being in the present moment
• Buddhism For Busy People: Finding Happiness In An Uncertain World by David Michie - provides ideas for developing a meditation practice

Guided Meditation Websites

• 21 Day Meditation Challenges – a free meditation program by Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey that usually happen 4 times a year,  sign up at https://chopracentermeditation.com/
  
• Davidji Free Guided meditations – this blog provides the links to his weekly guided meditations at http://www.davidji.com/blog-2/ - you can sign up to receive his weekly guided meditations at http://www.davidji.com/join/
• Chopra Center Free Guided Meditations - http://www.chopra.com/ccl/guided-meditations - a list of free guided meditations
• Deva Premal has done two 21 Day Mantra Meditation challenges with Miten – provides background information and a mantra for each day. You can go to http://devapremalmiten.com/subscribe-dpm-mailer/#  and sign up for the newsletter and you will receive information about future challenges or purchase the previous ones in the store.

Mindfulness – Living in the Now Books

• The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle are my two favorite books that deal with letting go of the ego and living in the present moment.
  
• The Now Effect by Elisha Goldstein is another good book about living in the present moment and includes brain research.  You can sign up for his weekly newsletter at http://elishagoldstein.com/books/the-now-effect/
  
• The Little Book of Letting Go by Hugh Prather – is a great book to learn how to let go of worries and has great exercises that really helped me move from knowledge to understanding
  

Meditation Apps

• Insight Timer – an app that allows you to set a timer for meditation with interval chimes, and allows you to meditate with friends, has guided meditations and provides statistics about your meditation practice.
  
• Stop Breathe and Think – an app to guide people of all ages and backgrounds through meditations for mindfulness and compassion.

Chopra Center Events - these are some of my favorites. 
Click on the links below to learn more and tell them Peggy Steffens referred you.