"It is authoritative and inspiring and will make you want to meditate for the highest reasons and in the most effective ways." —Andrew Weil, MD, #1 New York Times –bestselling author

Meditation is like a love affair with your innermost self. At times it can be ecstatic and entrancing, other times simple and still―and sometimes you might not even feel its profound effects until later.

Now with Meditation for the Love of It, Sally Kempton shares practical secrets to help us turn meditation into an unconditional embrace of the fullness of our experience―on and off the meditation cushion. With the gentle wisdom and compassion of one who understands the nuances of practice, she opens us to the joy of exploring the deep and mysterious inner landscape of the heart, mind, and body.

Drawing on her forty years as a teacher and a fellow meditator, Sally teaches us how we can connect to our inner longings and creative shakti energy to allow the transformative gifts and blessings of meditation to unfold. With playfulness and devotion―two key attitudes in sustaining a daily practice―she shares indispensable guidance for this voyage of self-discovery, including:

How to tune in to your own "meditation channel," a bandwidth of tranquility, energy, and joy
Why you don't need a quiet mind to meditate
How the force known as Kundalini can fuel your practice
Connecting to your ever-present Inner Beloved to let go of conditioned ideas about yourself and make space for the True Self to come forth
Ripening your practice beyond technique into the "sweet mysterious expanse of spontaneous meditation"
More than twenty practices for bringing the peace and insight of meditation into your daily life