{"id":18560,"date":"2018-10-01T01:10:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T06:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=19150"},"modified":"2018-09-27T19:48:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T00:48:51","slug":"book-review-in-focus-meditation-your-personal-guide-by-jacqueline-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/10\/01\/book-review-in-focus-meditation-your-personal-guide-by-jacqueline-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – In Focus Meditation: Your Personal Guide by Jacqueline Towers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Focus: Meditation<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Your Personal Guide<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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by Jacqueline Towers<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Zambezi Publishing Ltd.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

imprint of Quarto Group<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

page count 144<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the first things Ms. Towers says about meditations is \u201cmeditations aren\u2019t something you need to work because they just start\u201d I like the way this book is laid out, Ms. Towers has done an excellent job of presenting this material.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the first chapter, entitled \u201cAbout Meditation,\u201d Ms. Towers lists 12 benefits of meditation and eight different techniques. Of the eight different methods of meditation, not all of them require you to quiet your mind. (Which is a good thing, because I never have a quiet mind.) In chapter 3 on equipment and products for meditation, the author lists a few meditation cushions or zafus that you can use. In chapter 3, she also includes a list of incense or essences, and these she has broken down into wood or mineral, fruit or plant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapters 4 through 15 are about the different types of meditations. Ms. Towers has them broken down, in such a way that if you are looking for a meditation on chakras, or knowledge, or angelic, or emotional, they are easy to find. One of the meditations in chapter 7 that I found interesting was the Flower of Life. I have several flowers of life around my desk where I work, and where I do most of my reading, so it was easy for me to envision this image while meditating.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In chapter 12, Ms. Towers starts talking about psychic techniques, and how meditation can help you heighten them. The author also talks about how psychics use meditation before doing readings. Chapter 13, Ms. Towers writes about using a meditation to do a past life regression. While reading this meditation, I went into the meditation and was able to explore part of a past life that comes to me during a dream. So, I can say without a doubt, this meditation works.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In chapter 14 Ms. Towers covers mindfulness meditation. The author includes information about mindfulness, yoga, and even doing a meditation upon the five principles of Reiki. Within the five principles of Reiki meditation, the author breaks it down even further into helping you meditate on why you may have an issue with one of the five principles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the last chapter, chapter 15, Ms. Towers has a meditation with candles. In this meditation. She explains how the flames may behave during your meditation and what that can mean for you. She also covers Christian contemplation, Buddhist meditation, cosmic ordering, and astral travel. In Focus Your Guide to Meditation is a well-written book, and it\u2019s laid out intuitively. I\u2019m glad I can add it to my library, I hope you will be too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Focus Meditation<\/a><\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dawn Borries<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0loves reading and was thrilled to become a Reviewer for PaganPages.Org. Dawn, also, has been doing Tarot and Numerology readings for the past 25 years. Dawn does readings on her Facebook page. \u00a0If you are interested in a reading you can reach her at:\u00a0Readings by Dawn<\/a> on Facebook at<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Readings-by-Dawn-1608860142735781\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Focus: Meditation Your Personal Guide \u00a0 by Jacqueline Towers \u00a9 Zambezi Publishing Ltd. imprint of Quarto Group page count 144 One of the first things Ms. Towers says about meditations is \u201cmeditations aren\u2019t something you need to work because they just start\u201d I like the way this book is laid out, Ms. Towers has done an excellent job of presenting this material. In the first chapter, entitled \u201cAbout Meditation,\u201d Ms. Towers lists 12 benefits of meditation and eight different techniques. Of the eight different methods of meditation, not all of them require you to quiet your mind. (Which is a good thing, because I never have a quiet mind.) In chapter 3 on equipment and products for meditation, the author lists a few meditation cushions or zafus that you can use. In chapter 3, she also includes a list of incense or essences, and these she has broken down into wood or mineral, fruit or plant. Chapters 4 through 15 are about the different types of meditations. Ms. Towers has them broken down, in such a way that if you are looking for a meditation on chakras, or knowledge, or angelic, or emotional, they are easy to find. One of the meditations in chapter 7 that I found interesting was the Flower of Life. I have several flowers of life around my desk where I work, and where I do most of my reading, so it was easy for me to envision this image while meditating. In chapter 12, Ms. Towers starts talking about psychic techniques, and how meditation can help you heighten them. The author also talks about how psychics use meditation before doing readings. Chapter 13, Ms. Towers writes about using a meditation to do a past life regression. While reading this meditation, I went into the meditation and was able to explore part of a past life that comes to me during a dream. So, I can say without a doubt, this meditation works. In chapter 14 Ms. Towers covers mindfulness meditation. The author includes information about mindfulness, yoga, and even doing a meditation upon the five principles of Reiki. Within the five principles of Reiki meditation, the author breaks it down even further into helping you meditate on why you may have an issue with one of the five principles. In the last chapter, chapter 15, Ms. Towers has a meditation with candles. In this meditation. She explains how the flames may behave during your meditation and what that can mean for you. She also covers Christian contemplation, Buddhist meditation, cosmic ordering, and astral travel. In Focus Your Guide to Meditation is a well-written book, and it\u2019s laid out intuitively. I\u2019m glad I can add it to my library, I hope you will be too. In Focus Meditation *** About the Author: Dawn Borries\u00a0loves reading and was thrilled to become a Reviewer for PaganPages.Org. Dawn, also, has been doing Tarot and Numerology readings for the past 25 years. Dawn does readings on her Facebook page. \u00a0If you are interested in a reading you can reach her at:\u00a0Readings by Dawn on Facebook at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Readings-by-Dawn-1608860142735781\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}