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[mstakenidentity]

I want to learn to meditate properly. Does anyone know how I go about learning? Are there and books or cds you'd recommend? Are there any places or courses or teachers you would recommend? Anything I should avoid like the plague?

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[insomnius.livejournal.com]

I have quite a lot of thoughts about this, and I will write an email to you about it tomorrow when I have access to more of my brain.

[mstakenidentity.livejournal.com]

Awesome, I look forward to the email.

I should perhaps have specified that I want to look into non-religious meditation, not sure if that will change anything you're planning on writing.

[harkon.livejournal.com]

If you don't want a religious/spiritual form of meditation, my advice would be to avoid those. As Mark has mentioned, there is a Catholic tradition of meditation if that is more appealing.

If you are after generic relaxation technique type things, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has a few different techniques which are in use. If you have trouble finding any material, I might have some basic notes and MP3s from when we were studying it at uni which I can sent your way.