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Meditation and Spirituality for Teens ebook
by Susan Helene Kramer
Ebook:
Teens, this is a book for you to read and practice on
your own, a primer with 15 chapters to learn to meditate in a variety
of ways and explore your spiritual nature. It is also for adults to use
to teach teens meditation. Teens, you're traveling an uphill road from
dependency to independence; these topics are meant to give you support
in the process.Details
30 pages; 8.5 by 11 inch ebook
SusanKramer.com Publishing
Copyright 2009 Susan Helene Kramer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Available at Lulu Press
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Contents:
Chapters
1. Sitting Meditation
2. Relaxation Meditation
3. Using a Journal for Reflection
4. Instant Meditation to Use Anywhere
5. Meditation Exercise at Your Desk
6. Moving Meditations
7. Guided Walking Meditation
8. Guided Meditation on Compassion
9. Guided Meditation on Kindness
10. Understanding Harmony and the Soul
11. Loving Is What Counts
12. Affirmations and Prayers
13. Inner Music of Meditation
14. Lesson of the Snowflake Meditation
15. Spiritual Living
Sample from text:
Excerpt from guided meditation in Chapter 9.
Start by sitting up straight in your meditation place, and begin doing
even and natural breathing like this: breathe in 1 count, and breathe
out 1 count, and repeat this even pattern while sitting still and
thinking. You don't need to say the numbers during the meditation. Just
keep up the even rhythm of breathing.
If you are sitting on a cushion on the floor, bend in your legs and
place your folded hands in your lap. If you are sitting in a chair,
place the soles of your feet on the floor, and place your clasped hands
in your lap. If you like, keep a journal and pen at your side to write
about thoughts that come to you about being kind.
Breathing evenly in and out calms the mind and body and is a good
preparation for any meditation. And keeping up the even pattern during
the meditation gives you a clearer mind and relaxed body so you can
turn all your attention to the topic of the meditation.
Now, imagine that you are walking along the street on the sidewalk and
you see a woman senior citizen who seems to have too many bags of
groceries. She looks like they are too heavy for her.
You run up to her and politely volunteer to carry some of her bags
home. She is grateful and you spend a few minutes going out of your way
walking home with her. Now, notice that you feel like you have more
energy than even before you saw the woman needing help. This is what
being kind does, it helps out another and gives you more energy, too.
To finish your meditation, take a deep breath in and slowly release it,
then open your eyes and stretch out. Write down any new thoughts that
have come to you from thinking about being kind.
Take this thought with you: If more people in our world would take the
time to be kind to each other, we would realize we really do live in a
big worldwide human family.
Being kind personally
Leads to worldwide peace and harmony
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About the author - Susan Kramer has been teaching meditation, yoga, dance and academics
kinesthetically as a dance specialist since 1965 and maintains a large
educational web site at susankramer.com.
Susan Kramer Book List
Adaptive Dance and Rhythms
Classical Ballet Beginning to Advanced
Kinesthetic Math and Language Lessons
Meditation for all Kids
God Speaks through the Holy Spirit
Meditation and Spirituality for Teens
Meditation Lessons for Adults
Rhythms and Dances for School Age Kids
Rhythms and Dances for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Yoga for all Kids
How to Sew Cloth Dolls and Costumes
Fundamentele bewegingen voor kinderen met dansjes, meditaties en yoga
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