Odds are that you or someone you know could truly benefit from Meditation and Relaxation in Plain English. After all, who wouldn't like to have less stress-and more enjoyment-from life?

Meditation and Relaxation in Plain English teaches us how to achieve just that, with potent tools that are easy to learn, enjoy, and keep doing. And these practices do so much more than more than allow us freedom from anxiety and stress: they allow us to be a better friend to ourselves, and to the people around us.

Meditation and Relaxation in Plain English, Bob Sharples, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 2006, 208 Pages, $14.95

BOB SHARPLES has been meditating and using Buddhist principles in his work since 1975, and since 1991 has been a therapist in private practice. He is a trained lawyer and former school teacher, and he has studied Buddhist meditation extensively with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Since 1991 he has led stress reduction and healing courses for the seriously ill and their families, as well as for Vietnam veterans. He is married with three children and lives in Melbourne, Australia.