The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration, and Meditation: Ancient Skills for Modern Minds

by Joel Levey, Michelle Levey, Margaret J. Wheatley (Foreword)

Joel and Michelle Levey have taught thousands of people around the globe to live in greater harmony and balance. Field-tested and refined over many years, the Leveys' unique approach to stress-mastery and personal development offers step-by-step guidance for developing personal strengths, enhancing the quality of life, and making a real contribution to the world.

The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration and Meditation offers a treasury of their most useful

A vital blend of profoundly practical skills, advice, instruction, and encouragement makes Fine Arts a complete course for awakening more fully to your highest potentials in each moment of your life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Spirituality

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started off a little slow but as soon as I got to the meditations it became very enlightening.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this when I was super stressed out planning my wedding last summer. It has a lot of exercises to help calm you down and you you pick it up any time you need a quick relaxation fix. In fact, I spent part of my wedding morning with this book. I love the beginning index of ailments and woes which guides you what exercises are most helpful to relieve those problems. Clearly I still need a lot of help of the concentration part.

[Semi-Academic Eric]

I'm curious to see how this book presents these ideas and exercises in comparison with other more traditional sources of these "fine arts." The title already may provide a bridge in thinking for some. What other helpfulness might this book provide?

[JDK1962]

Abandoned this fairly early on. Chapters leading up to meditations were fairly useless, the meditations themselves are probably fine, but belong on a CD or in a set of MP3s. Maybe I'll come back to this one day, but in the meantime, I have other resources that I can use.

[Mike terry · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far, I really like this book. Lots of meditation and concentration exercises. Looking forward to more of it

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really good book. Each chapter is written by a different person from a different but related profession. They are all insightful. There is, however, one angle of 'listening