Michael W Taft

Having spent the better part of a year now tentatively practicing mindfulness meditation, this book seemed tailor-made for me: a summary of the theory and benefits of the practise without any religious woo included. It largely delivered on that, being well referenced and clear. Some of the asserted benefits of meditation felt a little hyperbolic, but then the author has better than thirty years more practice than I.

I still don't think that reading a book is the most effective way to begin learning to sit, nevertheless this is a fine reference for anyone interested in the actual research performed on the benefit of regular meditation.… (mais)