
Why Meditate?
The Importance of Meditation in a Modern World
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed

Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $2.79
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Reginald A. Ray
-
By:
-
Reginald A. Ray
About this listen
Throughout history and across cultures worldwide, the practice of meditation has been considered a central element in spirituality and in life. But what about now? Does meditation really have a place in our modern lives? In Why Meditate?, Reggie Ray explains why the practice of meditation has never really been as important as it is today.
©2011 Sounds True (P)2011 Sounds TrueListeners also enjoyed...
-
The Seven Points of Posture
- Body-Based Meditation Practices
- By: Reginald A. Ray
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 37 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Tibetan spiritual life, body-based meditation has been revered throughout its history as a vital tool for cultivating spiritual awareness and physical well-being. In this session, Reginald Ray instructs you in the seven points of meditation posture and explains how they amplify your practice.
-
-
Good meditation for the end of a successful day
- By Tina Saaña on 02-06-19
By: Reginald A. Ray
-
Earth Breathing
- Body-Based Meditation Practice
- By: Reginald A. Ray
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a world overabundant with stimuli, body-based practices are a powerful way to maintain spiritual awareness and physical health. In this session, Reginald Ray teaches a Tibetan Buddhist meditation to directly connect with the earth, which is understood in the tradition to be a living, enlightened being with the ability to bestow equanimity, calm, and healing.
-
-
Great before bed
- By Jes_074 on 09-18-19
By: Reginald A. Ray
-
The Practice of Pure Awareness
- Somatic Meditation for Touching Infinity
- By: Reginald A. Ray
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How can we discover this perfect, somatic knowing? It begins by removing the blockages that manifest mentally, emotionally, and physically. Join Reggie Ray as he presents the practice of pure awareness in nine guided, sequential sessions that lead to the direct experience of our true nature. Emphasizing deep relaxation, the power in the lower belly, opening the central channel, and the significance of posture, Reggie helps us unfold ever-subtler realizations of our capacities to love and heal.
-
-
Exceptional knowledge and presentation
- By Sharon Caulder PhD on 12-15-15
By: Reginald A. Ray
-
Meditating with the Body
- Six Tibetan Buddhist Meditations for Touching Enlightenment with the Body
- By: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Tibetan spiritual life, the practice of body-based meditation has been revered throughout its history as a vital tool for cultivating spiritual awareness and physical well-being. Today, in a world overabundant with stimuli, these embodied practices are more relevant and useful than ever.
-
-
Must if you have a daily meditation practice
- By Navneet Nair on 03-07-15
-
Your Breathing Body, Volume 1
- By: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Your breath is a gateway to the vastness of the universe - and the path to your highest fulfillment. This is the premise behind Your Breathing Body, a landmark 2 volume breath-work curriculum from esteemed meditation teacher and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Reggie Ray. Volume 1 presents an audio course with the beginner in mind. Volume 2 contains audio for the advanced practitioner.
-
-
When the student is ready
- By Slippers on 10-25-15
-
Your Breathing Body, Volume 2
- By: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Your breath is a gateway to the vastness of the universe - and the path to your highest fulfillment. This is the premise behind Your Breathing Body, a landmark 2 volume breath-work curriculum from esteemed meditation teacher and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Reggie Ray. Volume One presents an audio course with the beginner in mind. Volume 2 contains audio for the advanced practitioner.
-
-
Hard to Listen to This
- By A Libras on 07-11-14
-
The Seven Points of Posture
- Body-Based Meditation Practices
- By: Reginald A. Ray
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 37 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Tibetan spiritual life, body-based meditation has been revered throughout its history as a vital tool for cultivating spiritual awareness and physical well-being. In this session, Reginald Ray instructs you in the seven points of meditation posture and explains how they amplify your practice.
-
-
Good meditation for the end of a successful day
- By Tina Saaña on 02-06-19
By: Reginald A. Ray
-
Earth Breathing
- Body-Based Meditation Practice
- By: Reginald A. Ray
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a world overabundant with stimuli, body-based practices are a powerful way to maintain spiritual awareness and physical health. In this session, Reginald Ray teaches a Tibetan Buddhist meditation to directly connect with the earth, which is understood in the tradition to be a living, enlightened being with the ability to bestow equanimity, calm, and healing.
-
-
Great before bed
- By Jes_074 on 09-18-19
By: Reginald A. Ray
-
The Practice of Pure Awareness
- Somatic Meditation for Touching Infinity
- By: Reginald A. Ray
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How can we discover this perfect, somatic knowing? It begins by removing the blockages that manifest mentally, emotionally, and physically. Join Reggie Ray as he presents the practice of pure awareness in nine guided, sequential sessions that lead to the direct experience of our true nature. Emphasizing deep relaxation, the power in the lower belly, opening the central channel, and the significance of posture, Reggie helps us unfold ever-subtler realizations of our capacities to love and heal.
-
-
Exceptional knowledge and presentation
- By Sharon Caulder PhD on 12-15-15
By: Reginald A. Ray
-
Meditating with the Body
- Six Tibetan Buddhist Meditations for Touching Enlightenment with the Body
- By: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Tibetan spiritual life, the practice of body-based meditation has been revered throughout its history as a vital tool for cultivating spiritual awareness and physical well-being. Today, in a world overabundant with stimuli, these embodied practices are more relevant and useful than ever.
-
-
Must if you have a daily meditation practice
- By Navneet Nair on 03-07-15
-
Your Breathing Body, Volume 1
- By: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Your breath is a gateway to the vastness of the universe - and the path to your highest fulfillment. This is the premise behind Your Breathing Body, a landmark 2 volume breath-work curriculum from esteemed meditation teacher and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Reggie Ray. Volume 1 presents an audio course with the beginner in mind. Volume 2 contains audio for the advanced practitioner.
-
-
When the student is ready
- By Slippers on 10-25-15
-
Your Breathing Body, Volume 2
- By: Reginald A. Ray PhD
- Narrated by: Reginald A. Ray
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Your breath is a gateway to the vastness of the universe - and the path to your highest fulfillment. This is the premise behind Your Breathing Body, a landmark 2 volume breath-work curriculum from esteemed meditation teacher and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Reggie Ray. Volume One presents an audio course with the beginner in mind. Volume 2 contains audio for the advanced practitioner.
-
-
Hard to Listen to This
- By A Libras on 07-11-14
Part of a much larger talk
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.