Your breathing reflects your mind: when it's shallow and irregular, your mind will be scattered: when it finds it natural rhythm, your mind and emotions settle down. Use this breathing session whenever you need to get centered and grounded.

According to early yogic teachings, your breath is a direct means of unifying and purifying your consciousness. In Chakra Breathing Meditations, world-acclaimed frame drummer Layne Redmond shows you how to tap in to this ancient technology through simple breathing practices combined with movement and syncopated music.

Your chakras are the seven spinning energy-centers of the human body that control every dimension of your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Chakra imbalances occur when they are either overactive, underactive, or improperly counterbalancing each other. In this session, Anodea Judith, one of the country's foremost experts on the theraputic use of the chakra system, provides a guided practice that you can use daily to balance and fine-tune your energy centers for health and spiritual awakening.

Reverse Meditation is for anyone who wants to bring the challenges of life onto the path of awakening. When things get hard, it’s time to turn your practice on its head—and throw out any assumption that meditation exists to insulate you from the confusion, difficulties, and uncertainty of life. “By putting your meditation into reverse,” Holecek teaches, “you’ll actually find yourself going forward. Step into your pain and you can step up your evolution.”

Two pioneers in integrative mind-body medicine guide you through a series of three meditation practices for optimum health, focusing on the breath, the body, and the emotions. It's an excellent way to experience the proven health and stress-reduction benefits of meditation, even if you've never tried it before.