Natural Meditation: A Guide to Effortless Meditative Practice

There?s no trying in meditation.
 
If you can breathe, you can meditate. Just as water naturally runs downhill and leaves float naturally to the ground, we are all naturally able to settle into meditation. Meditation doesn?t require trying; rather, meditation comes out of just allowing — not doing, just being.

Whether you?re a complete novice or you?ve “tried it before,? veteran meditation teacher Dean Sluyter?s relaxed, down-to-earth approach will help you test-drive a variety of meditative techniques, such as breath, sound, the senses, the sky, and the simple sense of “I,? and discover which ones fit you best. You?ll discover that the key to meditation is effortlessness, and find all the practical tips you need for adapting these methods to your own life, as you live it, even for a few minutes a day. And as your life opens to deep happiness, clarity, peace, and creative energy, you?ll be inspired to keep on practicing — naturally.

“Sluyter is in the grand tradition of authors who interpret traditional enlightenment teachings and apply them to modern Western life. This book accomplishes that task with a rare combination of insight, clarity, wit, and pragmatic common sense.?  
— Philip Goldberg, author, American Veda: From Emerson & the Beatles to Yoga & Meditation
 
“I?ve attended Dean?s live sessions, and this book captures their spirit: relaxed and accessible, with a pop-culture-tinged playfulness that pulls you in and puts you at ease.?
 — Lisa Leeman, producer, Crazy Wisdom; co-director, Awake: The Life of Yogananda
 
“With simplicity, wit, and clarity, Dean Sluyter debunks the misconceptions and offers a user-friendly practice that will put you in the ‘Ahhhhhhh? space, regardless of circumstances. He is truly the Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs. This book will help you find the spacious grace in your life.?   
— Steve Bhaerman, a.k.a. Swami Beyondananda, author and cosmic comic