Ten Zen Seconds (eBook)

Eric Maisel has a doctorate in counseling psychology and has served as adjunct faculty at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, for ten years. He has lectured and conducted workshops for the American Psychological Association, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Paris Writers Workshop, and many other venues. His books include The Future of Mental Health: Deconstructing the Mental Disorder Paradigm, Rethinking Depression, The Van Gogh Blues, and many others.

Contents  One. Introducing Ten Zen Seconds........................................ Two. Breathing and Thinking............................................... Three. The Twelve Incantations.......................................... Four. Incantation 1: I Am Completely Stopping.................... Five. Incantation 2: I Expect Nothing..................................... Six. Incantation 3: I Am Doing My Work................................ Seven. Incantation 4: I Trust My Resources......................... Eight. Incantation 5: I Feel Supported................................. Nine. Incantation 6: I Embrace This Moment......................... Ten. Incantation 7: I Am Free of the Past.............................. Eleven. Incantation 8: I Make My Meaning.......................... Twelve. Incantation 9: I Am Open to Joy............................ Thirteen. Incantation 10: I Am Equal to This Challenge..... Fourteen. Incantation 11: I Am Taking Action.................. Fifteen. Incantation 12: I Return with Strength.................. Sixteen. Using the Twelve Incantations............................. Seventeen. Choosing Incantations................................... Eighteen. Combining, Customizing, and Creating Incantations.................................................... Nineteen. Bookends........................................................ Twenty. Ten Zen Seconds Centering Exercises................. Twenty-One. Introducing the Centering Sequence............ Twenty-Two. Practicing the Centering Sequence............. Twenty-Three. Customizing the Centering Sequence...... Twenty-Four. Centering in Public................................... Twenty-Five. Centering and Healing................................ Twenty-Six. Centering for Performance............................ Twenty-Seven. In the Vanguard..................................... Twenty-Eight. Your Centering Practice...........................  About the Author................................................................