In todays high pressure and hectic world, more and more people are discovering how to relax and find a sense of comfort and well-being through the practice of meditation. In this inspiring book, Salle Merrill Redfield guides you through beautifully conceived meditations. Celebrating nature as a revered path to self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment, leading you on a satisfying mental journey first to a placid stream, then to a tranquil lake, and finally a limitless emerald ocean. Building progressively, these meditations will help you relax your body and reduce stress and pain. Steeped in exquisite imagery and born of your own powers of visualization, they will take you to that place within yourself, usher you into the kingdom of inner peace, and grace you by, Creating a Life of Joy. Open your heart.... and there you will find the joy of meditation. Ü Salle Merrill Redfield