Introduction: As we live and breathe -- Part I: Getting started -- It's about coming back -- Why bother with meditation -- Things mistaken for meditation -- Sitting on the earth -- Walking on the earth -- What's your problem? -- The three legs of meditation practice -- Bringing meditation to life -- Bringing your life to meditation -- The ins and outs of breath -- Part II: From day to day -- Constancy -- Sitting with others -- No judgment -- Frog sitting -- Stillness in movement -- It's not about getting things done -- It couldn't be simpler -- Zero or 100% -- Beyond sitting cross-legged -- Slowing down -- An honest question -- Collecting the mind -- Sticky sitting -- Weather watch -- Compassion and candor -- What we come to realize -- Part III: For the long run -- Meditation without doing -- Where we lose our way -- The color of meditation -- Where to put your energy -- At home in the world -- Sounding silence -- Meditation without gimmicks -- No time, place, or size -- Knowing before you think -- Now or never -- Epilogue: It's up to you -- Afterword: What to look for in a meditation teacher.
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"Steve Hagen strips away the cultural and religious jargon surrounding meditation and provides an accessible and thorough manual for newcomers and experienced practitioners alike. Inside you will find: simple practices to avoid needlessly complicating meditation; where most of us get stuck in meditation--and how to get unstuck; a unique focus on meditation not simply as a spiritual technique, but as a way of living."--