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Paul Wilson (meditation teacher)
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Paul Wilson is a meditation
teacher, columnist, and author of two novels
and 19 self-help and spiritually-oriented books, including The Calm Technique, Instant Calm, The Little Book of Calm, Calm at Work, The Little Book of Calm at Work, Calm for Life, The Complete Book of Calm, Perfect Balance, The Quiet and A Piece of the Quiet - mostly around the topic of finding peace of mind in everyday life. Because so many of as these books had ‘calm’ in the title, the Times (UK) nicknamed him The Guru of Calm
Wilson began his meditation training in the Buddhist and Yoga traditions, experimented with Transcendental Meditation
in London in the late 1960s, then distilled what he had learned from these and other meditation traditions into a simple, secular approach which he coined ‘the Calm Technique’. This, and other meditation methods, were taught free of charge at his training centre, the Calm Centre, based in Sydney, Australia. In 1986 he wrote about his successes with this method in The Calm Technique, Meditation without Magic or Mysticism. Wilson’s meditation methods are taught and practiced throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia.
It has been estimated that he has taught over 1,000,000 people to meditate, and he was listed one of the 100 people who make Britain a happier place.
in 1997. It distills Wilson's larger books Instant Calm, and was written during a Zen
seminar in Japan. One review described it as "the first and still one of the best books aimed at counteracting stress". The book has been translated into 24 languages including Italian
, French
, and Mandarin Chinese
Wilson followed up the book with titles including The Little Book of Calm at Work in 1998, The Little Book of Sleep and The Little Book of Hope in 1999, The Life Priorities Calculator in 2000, and A Piece of the Quiet in 2007.
Meditation
Meditation is any form of a family of practices in which practitioners train their minds or self-induce a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit....
teacher, columnist, and author of two novels
and 19 self-help and spiritually-oriented books, including The Calm Technique, Instant Calm, The Little Book of Calm, Calm at Work, The Little Book of Calm at Work, Calm for Life, The Complete Book of Calm, Perfect Balance, The Quiet and A Piece of the Quiet - mostly around the topic of finding peace of mind in everyday life. Because so many of as these books had ‘calm’ in the title, the Times (UK) nicknamed him The Guru of Calm
Wilson began his meditation training in the Buddhist and Yoga traditions, experimented with Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
in London in the late 1960s, then distilled what he had learned from these and other meditation traditions into a simple, secular approach which he coined ‘the Calm Technique’. This, and other meditation methods, were taught free of charge at his training centre, the Calm Centre, based in Sydney, Australia. In 1986 he wrote about his successes with this method in The Calm Technique, Meditation without Magic or Mysticism. Wilson’s meditation methods are taught and practiced throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia.
It has been estimated that he has taught over 1,000,000 people to meditate, and he was listed one of the 100 people who make Britain a happier place.
The Calm Centre
The Calm Centre is a non-profit meditation teaching, training and meeting center established by Paul Wilson in 1983 in Sydney, Australia. The Calm Centre presented a secular approach to meditation, on a face-to-face basis, at no charge.The Calm Technique
Wilson's book The Calm Technique (ISBN 0760715246 ISBN 978-0760715246) was one of the first mass-market books on meditation. First published in the Eighties by Greenhouse in Australia and Bantam in the USA, it attracted a wide audience in Europe, USA and South East Asia. It has been translated into several languages.The Quiet
The Quiet (ISBN 9781405037662) was published by Pan McMillan in the UK and Australia and by Tarcher/Penguin in the USA.The Little Book of Calm
The Little Book of Calm (ISBN 0140285261), was published by Penguin BooksPenguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
in 1997. It distills Wilson's larger books Instant Calm, and was written during a Zen
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
seminar in Japan. One review described it as "the first and still one of the best books aimed at counteracting stress". The book has been translated into 24 languages including Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and Mandarin Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
Wilson followed up the book with titles including The Little Book of Calm at Work in 1998, The Little Book of Sleep and The Little Book of Hope in 1999, The Life Priorities Calculator in 2000, and A Piece of the Quiet in 2007.