Quieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music by respected music pioneers and purveyors of peace, Dudley and Dean Evenson, helps make meditation understandable, accessible, and simple to do. Whether you have been meditating for years, or are just beginning on your path, you will benefit significantly from this beautiful guidebook designed for all ages and practices. Drawing from over four decades of creating music for meditation and yoga, Quieting the Monkey Mind is filled with practical tips, exercises, photos, and illustrations to support readers on an empowering journey of finding peace within. Quieting the Monkey Mind shares some basic principles of meditation along with a wide array of sound tools and practices that can be used to take one into deeper states of inner peace and meditative bliss. No matter where you are in your meditation practice, the Evensons believe readers will find useful tools and techniques that will allow you to access deeper levels of inner stillness leading to a more rewarding sense of self and personal empowerment. Quieting the Monkey Mind provides some helpful answers to these questions and many more: What is the difference between prayer and meditation? How can we let go of our busy thinking? How do we choose music that enhances meditation? How can we create personal sanctuary How do we use breath and vocal toning to focus the mind? What is the role of affirmations, mantra, and chant in meditation?
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