Contemplative Practices in Action
Spirituality, Meditation, and Health
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2010
276 pages
978-0-313-38257-4 (ISBN)
Description
This groundbreaking primer illuminates contemplative methods that can improve mental and physical health.
Contemplative practices, from meditation to Zen, are growing in popularity as methods to inspire physical and mental health. Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health offers readers an introduction to these practices and the ways they can be used in the service of well being, wisdom, healing, and stress reduction.
Bringing together various traditions from the East and West, this thought-provoking work summarizes the history of each practice, highlights classic and emerging research proving its power, and details how each practice is performed. Expert authors offer step-by-step approaches to practice methods including the 8-Point Program of Passage Meditation, Centering Prayer, mindful stress management, mantram meditation, energizing meditation, yoga, and Zen. Beneficial practices from Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Islamic religions are also featured. Vignettes illustrate each of the practices, while the contributors explain how and why they are effective in facing challenges as varied as the loss of a partner or child, job loss, chronic pain or disease, or psychological disorders.
Contemplative practices, from meditation to Zen, are growing in popularity as methods to inspire physical and mental health. Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health offers readers an introduction to these practices and the ways they can be used in the service of well being, wisdom, healing, and stress reduction.
Bringing together various traditions from the East and West, this thought-provoking work summarizes the history of each practice, highlights classic and emerging research proving its power, and details how each practice is performed. Expert authors offer step-by-step approaches to practice methods including the 8-Point Program of Passage Meditation, Centering Prayer, mindful stress management, mantram meditation, energizing meditation, yoga, and Zen. Beneficial practices from Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Islamic religions are also featured. Vignettes illustrate each of the practices, while the contributors explain how and why they are effective in facing challenges as varied as the loss of a partner or child, job loss, chronic pain or disease, or psychological disorders.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Illustrations
5 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-0-313-38257-4 (9780313382574)
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07/2010
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Persons
Thomas G. Plante, PhD, ABPP, is professor of psychology and director of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, and adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Contemplative Practices in Action
- PART ONE: INTEGRATED CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE SYSTEMS
- Chapter 2: Similarity in Diversity? Four Shared Functions of Integrative Contemplative Practice Systems
- Chapter 3: Managing Stress Mindfully
- Chapter 4: Translating Spiritual Ideals into Daily Life: The Eight-Point Program of Passage Meditation
- Chapter 5: Centering Prayer: A Method of Christian Meditation for Our Time
- Chapter 6: Mantram Repetition: A "Portable Contemplative Practice" for Modern Times
- PART TWO: CONTEMPLATIVE TRADITIONS
- Chapter 7: "The Eternal Is with Me, I Shall Not Fear": Jewish Contemplative Practices and Well-Being
- Chapter 8: A Comprehensive Contemplative Approach from the Islamic Tradition
- Chapter 9: The Path of Yoga
- Chapter 10: Zen and the Transformation of Emotional and Physical Stress into Well-Being
- PART THREE: CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES IN ACTION: APPLICATION
- Chapter 11: The Impact of Meditation Practices in the Daily Life of Silicon Valley Leaders
- Chapter 12: "Shaking the Blues Away": Energizing Spiritual Practices for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
- Chapter 13: A Pilgrimage from Suffering to Solidarity: Walking the Path of Contemplative Practices
- Chapter 14: Contemplative Practices in Action: Now What?
- Index
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- About the Editor and Contributors
