Neuroscience and psychology of meditation in everyday life: searching for the essence of mind

This textbook addresses essential and timely questions about the research and practice of meditation as a path to realisation of human potential for health and wellbeing.

Balancing practical content and scientific theory, it discusses long-term effects of six meditation practices: mindfulness, compassion, visualisation-based meditation techniques, dream yoga, insight-based meditation and abiding in the existential ground of experience.

Each chapter provides advice on how to embed these techniques into everyday activities, together with considerations about underlying changes in the mind and brain based on latest research evidence.