This book teaches the five essential types of meditation and more than a dozen practices in each of them. Drawing inspiration from both ancient and modern wisdom traditions, Joel and Michelle Levey offer an easy-to-use guide for readers yearning for clarity, calm and resilience. Learn a sequence of meditative techniques that can help you: engage fully in life while nourishing your spirit, relieve your body of stress and tension, and open your mind and heart to depths of clarity, peace and compassion. This book is for the complete beginner, the long-time meditator and everyone in between.