"I recommend this thoughtful, experienced guidance for use by psychotherapists, meditation teachers, chaplains, and wellness, sports or personal coaches - in other words, anyone who wants to incorporate their own recorded guided meditation audios into their practice, to enhance their impact during "off hours," with the help of these empowering, adjuvant tools."Belleruth Naparstek ACSW creator of Health Journeys and author of Invisible Heroes, Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal." Do you want to help those you serve reduce their anxiety, cope with pain, improve their sleep and learn self-care strategies that work? In this book, you learn from a guided imagery meditation recording artist and therapist with over 26 years of experience in writing and recording meditations. Glenda's recordings are featured on several meditation Apps, as well as in hospitals and wellness centers. This book will inspire you with 70 healing scripts, give you helpful tips, cover foundational information about imagery and meditation, and offer ideas for writing and recording your own guided imagery meditation scripts. As you read this guide, you will learn how Glenda healed herself with this powerful transformational practice, as well as immerse yourself into the realm of imagery where deep change occurs.

Bestselling guided imagery author Max Highstein shares indispensable tips and techniques for crafting guided meditations that inspire, uplift, and heal. For counselors, teachers, healers, yoga instructors, clergyâanyone who wants to bring excellence to their work. Brimming with clear instruction on everything from conception to publishing, this book also includes 12 complete guided meditation scripts with notes and analysis. Chapters include:â¢Writing Your Script â Inductions, Transitions, Main Body, Affirmations, & Endingsâ¢Script Study â12 Script Examples With Extensive Notes & Analysisâ¢Recording Your Program âHiring a Studio, or Setting Up Your Studio At Homeâ¢Voicing Your Program â Important Tips Doing A Professional Jobâ¢Meditation Music & Background Sounds â What To Look For, Where To Lookâ¢Publishing Your Program âDistribution Channels & Opportunitiesâ¢Conducting Live Guided Meditation â Working With Groups & IndividualsFREE DOWNLOAD INSIDE: A link to 1 Hour of Guided Meditation Background Music!A must-have resource for guided meditation leaders, and the perfect companion to Max Highstein's book, The Healing Waterfall, 100 Guided Imagery Scripts for Counselors, Healers, & Clergy.

Bestselling guided imagery author Max Highstein offers 100 of his best scripts for counselors, healers, clergy, teachers, psychology students and others. Choose from 100 evocative guided inner journeys that soothe, inspire, and delight. Topics include: - Finding Peace and Calm- Healing and the Mind-Body Connection- Improving Sleep- Emotional Wellbeing and Happiness- Visualization for Success- Learning to Meditate- Higher Guidance and Insight- Connecting with Spiritual Figures- Kids and Family- 12-Step Programs

Break the cycle of anxious thinking and rumination that keeps you up at night. With this much-needed guide, you’ll learn to quiet your mind, relax your body, feel less tense, and finally get the sleep you need. Sleep plays a crucial role in our waking lives. While we sleep, our bodies are recharging with energy, damaged tissue is repaired, and our memories are stored. When we don't get enough sleep, we are tired, less positive, less motivated, less focused, and more likely to feel depressed. We may even experience more intense cravings for high-fat, sugar-rich foods. And yet, despite the myriad advantages of getting a good night's sleep, countless people suffer from chronic insomnia. If you’re one of them, this book can help. In this guide, a trained mindfulness expert teams up with a behavioral sleep specialist to offer evidence-based meditations and an innovative four-week protocol to address the emotional stresses and anxieties that lie at the root of sleep issues. You’ll learn practices grounded in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindful self-compassion (MSC), and guided mindfulness and acceptance for insomnia (GMATI) to alleviate the mental, emotional, and physical suffering caused by insomnia. You’ll also learn to identify both internal and external factors that may be compromising your sleep, and develop a plan to address these issues. There is nothing we can do to “make” ourselves fall asleep. In many ways, this is why insomnia can be so maddening. But what we can do is help create the conditions necessary for healthy slumber. The mindfulness tools in this book will help you do exactly that.

As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation practice can positively transform the way we see and experience our lives. This practical, accessible guide to the fundamentals of Buddhist meditation introduces you to the practice, explains how it is approached in the main schools of Buddhism, and offers advice and inspiration from Buddhism’s most renowned and effective meditation teachers, including Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Sharon Salzberg, Norman Fischer, Ajahn Chah, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Sylvia Boorstein, Noah Levine, Judy Lief, and many others. Topics include how to build excitement and energy to start a meditation routine and keep it going, setting up a meditation space, working with and through boredom, what to look for when seeking others to meditate with, how to know when it’s time to try doing a formal meditation retreat, how to bring the practice "off the cushion" with walking meditation and other practices, and much more.

A down-to-earth guide to meditation and getting high on life. Heavily Meditated has everything you need to know to get hooked on meditation for good. Presented in a simple, friendly, accessible style that even the busiest of meditation-doubters can relate to, this book clearly outlines: What meditation is Five fundamental meditation techniques (and which one is right for you) Where, when and how to sit How to deal with thoughts Why meditation is so damn good for you How to measure your meditation practice How to set goals and get hooked on meditation How to upgrade your practice from habit to ritual. Filled with exercises, worksheets, cheat sheets and other practical tools, as well as relatable personal stories to light your way, Heavily Meditated is your down-to-earth guide to meditation, and how to turn it into a habit that sticks and reap the benefits of a happier, calmer and more intentional life.

In this definitive book on the scientifically proven health and stress-relieving benefits of Transcendental Meditation, a renowned psychiatrist and researcher explores why TM works, what it can do, and how to use it for maximum effect.