Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditationpresents a secular, mainstream view of meditation and applies it practically as a tool for personal transformation. Each week’s lesson in the 8-week program contains a key for navigating the journey of self-awareness, and each week’s meditation practice builds on those of the previous weeks, making the process accessible and enjoyable for novices and experts alike. Inspiring stories from Sarah’s own experience and from the students she’s taught in her 20-year career as a meditation teacher further enrich the text. Her approach is grounded in leading-edge brain research that shows meditating for 27 minutes a day over 8 weeks can make a huge difference by altering the gray matter in areas of the brain that govern learning, memory, empathy, and stress. Each of the lessons in the 8-week program is designed to provide a structure for creating a successful and sustainable meditation practice. As the readers build their meditation practice, they learn to undo stressful habits that don’t serve them, cultivate compassion for themselves and others, and listen to and trust their inner wisdom. TheSoul-Centeredjourney is one of finding out who you really are; navigating your life based on that peaceful, loving, wise part of yourself; then fully and fearlessly expressing yourself in the world.
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Awareness: Be Here Now | |
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| Mindful Living Exercises. | |
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| Breath Awareness | |
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| Body Awareness | |
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| Peace: Stress Less | |
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| Peacefinder Exercises | |
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| Long, Slow, Deep Breathing | |
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| Sitting Meditation | |
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| Freedom: Begin with Beginner's Mind | |
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| Three Beginner's Mind Moments | |
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| Delectable Eating | |
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| Walking Without Labels | |
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| Compassion: Love Yourself | |
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| Don't Believe Everything You Think | |
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| Loving Your Body | |
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| Loving Kindness Meditation | |
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| Affirming Your Perfection | |
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| Intimacy: Connect to Your Soul | |
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| Mantra Meditation | |
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| Self-Inquiry: Who Am I? | |
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| Walking with Awareness | |
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| Cultivating Sympathetic Joy | |
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| Authenticity: Communicate Honestly | |
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| Heart-Centered Breath | |
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| Listening with Love | |
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| Receptivity: Look for What Matters | |
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| Embodying Your Beauty | |
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| Gratitude Meditation | |
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| Self-Inquiry: | |
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| What is My Heart's Desire? | |
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| Walking in a Wonderful World | |
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| Nourishment: Continue the Transformation | |
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| Noble Silence | |
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| A Personal Retreat | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Resources for Additional Support and Inspiration | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
     Best-selling author Debbie Ford callsSarah McLeanldquo;the new face of mainstream meditation.rdquo; Her personal mission is to support and educate people seeking fulfilling lives, better health, inner peace, and self-awareness.      As the founding director of the Sedona Meditation Training Company, Sarah teaches meditation and self-discovery retreats. She was the founding program director of Deepak Choprarsquo;s mind-body health center and was among the first to be certified to teach meditation by Dr. Chopra. She has also served as a stress-reduction expert to such prominent organizations as Procter & Gamble; and shersquo;s been featured inThe New York Times, Phoenix Womanmagazine,ABC, AOL,Spamagazine, andOrganic Spa Magazine.       When shersquo;s not writing, teaching, or meditating, Sarah loves to hike the hills of Sedona with her husband and two rescued pups, Rudy and Gigi. Find out more about her work at:www.sedonameditation.comorwww.soul-centered.com.
