meditation resources?

I found this video helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a5fO8jE7mc

 

Hi RRZ,

My personal tip would be to pick one short, simple resource (almost any will do) and stick with it until you feel confident in the techniques. Attempting to learn too much, too quickly can be confusing and frustrating. This free ebook is an easy, straightforward example:

tarabrach.com/how-to-meditate.pdf

 

I use this: http://www.calm.com/

 

Thank you, Diamond26, for sharing this awesome link!

I think calm.com is simply the slickest, easiest, best meditation resource on the Web, and I'm saying this as someone who has been meditating for > 14 years

Wow! Thanks!

 

Just saw this thread and I thought I would put my two cents in...

I've been reading a book lately called "Search Inside Yourself" a book written by a Google engineer. It's focused on using meditation to improve emotional intelligence and applying it to both work and personal life. Could be useful for students as well. It doesn't have anything to do with meditation for sexual health, but I find it very interesting and has been useful for me. Written in kind of a cheesy way, but it makes it easy to read and understand.

 

As others have said, there are many resources. I found this to be a great intro...
http://www.getsomeheadspace.com

There is also a TED talk by the founder...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKk559smBZc

Not sure where you live, but you might loo around for somebody running a mindfulness based stress reduction course. I found it life changing. A good yoga teacher would also be helpful.

I hope these help.

 

Does anyone has any other music/resources to recommend?

This is what I listen to everyday:
Tibetan Bowls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5dU6serXkg

Other good ones:
Waterfall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r8NE4osAYA

Gentle stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmar4gh5nIw

Rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IAfg_Iy7n8

Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv0LwXYAVVg

Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77SKdyn-1Y

You could also search Youtube for celtic; orthodox music: bulgarian/greek; latin music (as in Latin Mass):
The exact youtube name of some of those:
Century 3 -1000 ans de chant Gregorien - La musique ancienne. De l'Antiquité à la Renaissance
Greek Orthodox Hymns to the Mother of God
Icon Meditation with Orthodox Chant Russian Bulgarian Armenian
Music of the Eastern Orthodox Church Bulgarian orthodox christian Chant

http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Rel...atcorr&keywords=the+99+most+relaxing+classics

Norah Jones: Come Away with Me, Feels Like Home, Not too Late; and Ravi Shankar, Chants of India are great. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg8uoepX4OI)

 

Im not sure if anyone has said this yet. If so my bad.
Its a book called Meditation by Eknath Easwaran. Its an excellent read. I literally knew almost nothing about meditation. I read this book twice and I have been meditating every morning ever since. It guides you through what it is and how to "do" it. Its the best beginners book for it. Im now reading a book by him called Dialogue with Death. Also a fantastic book.

 

If you check out headspace and get free 10 days you can just listen to them though it's inly 10 ninutes each session but it teaches you well in how to get to the mindful state

 

I have this on my Ipod:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeQOLoG0SdltAqvdtLuim6LqjOYabFrjP

Also, this is another of my favourite meditations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMldMnEfxX8

 

I, uh, do transcendental meditation. Works great.