You Can Master Meditation: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

by David Fontana

As rates of depression and anxiety continue to rise in the modern world, one proposed remedy garnering growing attention is meditation, and mindfulness meditation in particular. This practical and accessible guide shows you how this practice can relieve stress and anxiety, encourage deep mental and physical relaxation, enhance creativity, and release our true spiritual and emotional selves.    Meditation master, the late Professor David Fontana, presents more than 20 practical meditations in the form of affirmations, exercises and visualizations, expertly leading the reader step by step to greater mental and physical well-being. Drawing upon the world’s great meditative traditions – especially Zen and Tibetan Buddhism – Fontana presents an eclectic and practical programme toward self-fulfilment. Brimming with innovative exercises and written with refreshing clarity, this simple yet concise introduction to meditation is the key to a calmer, happier, healthier you.

Genres: Nonfiction, Audiobook

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 30, 2014

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

David G.J. Fontana FBPsS was a British psychologist, parapsychologist and author. He was Professor of Psychology at Cardiff University. He was also visiting professor at Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Algarve.

Reviews

[𖤐MxBookWitch➳ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another Book that I got free with Natural Health Magazine! 😄 Their freebies are always ace! 👍🏽

It’s great, step by step, in depth look at Meditation, with practical exercises along the way to further aid your understanding. 🧘🏽‍♀️

If you’ve any interest in Meditation at all, then this will definitely help you out. I’ve been doing it {Meditation! 😏} for years & I still learnt a lot from this Book. 🤔💭

[Giuliana Bonifasi · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can master meditation by David Fontana


How will this book help me in my journey?

Meditation is a very incredible tool, but it is also incredibly hard to master. With this step by step book, I was able to practice and understand this spiritual art. Meditation was very essential, still is sometimes, in the part of my life when I read this. It helped me to stay peaceful and to connect with my spiritual side, something I lacked and needed.
It helped me become more fulfilled and happy, as I was able to calm myself down with the learnings of this book.

What impacted me the most from this book? (theme, chapter, writing style, character, topics) ?

The theme and way it was written was probably what impacted me the most from this book. I never saw meditation as something I could do, because I was just so terrible at it. This book was separated in a few sections, inside these sections we had the chapters, and inside the chapters we had each theme with its exercise. The way the book was structured made it easier to understand, grasp, and remember.

Favorite quote ?

This book didn’t really have ‘’quotes’’, but if I had to pick a theme or chapter it would definitely be chapter 5, Vision and Sound. This chapter of the book really makes meditation something REAL, or visual. It is a lot of storytelling and a lot of using your imagination, something I am very good at. He speaks of visualisation and how much of an impact this has in your meditation, the four elements, yoga, and the palace of the Gods, to name a few. This chapter makes meditation real but at the same time, makes it a dream.
I am considering to read this book again, because honestly I need to remind myself of a lot of things.

[Karlos · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was going fine with a solid 3 stars until the end with out of body experiences and telekinesis and clairvoyance. Good grief.

Approaching this topic from a secular point of view that last section really wasn’t necessary. But it never said it was secular so I guess that’s just me. But it inclusiveness was diluted by entertaining such rubbish.

Otherwise a quick, practical read for the beginner or anyone in need of a refresh.

But that’s only a couple of references so don’t let that spoil what is otherwise fine and if this is your only book when starting out it will still put you on a good path.

[Sumit Pandey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book essentially has 2 parts - part I for beginners and part II for advanced meditators. I am beginner so I would say it starts off beautifully, really good ways for beginners to teach tricks on maintaining and developing focus. However in the advanced part, I felt at some points it went a bit boring and felt it kind of losing the plot, but again a good section will come and again it felt a bit boring. But as I said, I'm a beginner so I may just have missed the jist of it. If someone is thinking or just begun meditation, I would definitely recommend it.

[John Naylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

By the author's own admission, "No single book can hope to say all there is to say about meditation". This is a brief book that tries to give a short essence of the various forms and techniques of meditation.

It has some use for anyone who wants to research further the various types of meditation. It lacks detail (due to its length). I also found the writing style to be repetitive and quite dull in places.

[Adam O'Leary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A clear and simple introduction and guide to meditation that links the practice with all of the great religious traditions, and keeps an open mind to the spiritual and scientific studies on meditation. Contains lots of exercises to help develop meditative practice, which I will use later as I have read the book through as an introduction before beginning my exploration of meditation.

[Claire Sheeres · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful place to start, continue or grow with your meditation practice. I really enjoyed the history and perspectives of the practice across Millenia and culture. I recommend this to everyone - if not for meditation, for connection with your own spirituality, no matter what religion or divination you subscribe/hail to.

[Gwen - Chew & Digest Books - · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very good introduction, yet, as with all books on meditation, you really need to focus to get the most out of it, which I find nearly impossible. (Hence the whole I'm trying so many books on meditation thing.)

[Gentleman Detective · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are lots of better beginners guides to meditation.

[Esmeralda Hendrix]

Praktisch, toegankelijk en niet-zweverige intro. Aanrader voor beginners. Overzichtelijk en handige oefeningen.