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Question for September 28, 2014: Meditation Teaching Mediums
Medivate — 12 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 12 years ago — in Question of the Week
Through what kind of media — books, live, in-person events, audio recordings, etc — have you learned about meditation? Which were best? Why?
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Lullabyehaze — 12 years ago — permalinkI have learned through books, in-person classes and events, YouTube videos, etc. The things that have helped me the most were books by Thich Nhat Hanh and an 8-week course in Mindfulness-Based Stress Management (Jon Kabat-Zinn) which included a few guided meditation tracks to do at home.
Though, "learned about" all of a sudden seems like not quite the right word for me. Certainly it is important to learn about meditation, but I'm realizing that there is "learning about meditation" and there is "learning meditation." Much as I love to read and research, it is only actually meditating that teaches me meditation. For this, I have to say that what helps me and disciplines me most is meditating in a group. The Mindfulness class was great for that, and there are continuing alumni sessions which I like to attend. In addition, though I don't know a lot about Zen, there is a Zen Center in my area that has multiple sittings each week. I have found these to be excellent for helping me to deepen my practice.