Series 2 is a set of four CDs or five tapes of different lengths, designed for people who want a range of shorter guided meditations to help them develop and/or expand and deepen a personal meditation practice based on mindfulness. It gives you programs of varying lengths to use on different days, depending on how much time you can make for formal practice. They are a way for you to make maximum use of the time you do have to develop a strong and enduring daily practice.
Series 2 includes a range of mindfulness meditation practices on the different CDs or tapes. The first CD (#1) is devoted to three sitting meditations of varying length. In the tape series, tapes 1, 2, and 3 each has one side which is meant to be practiced in a sitting position, and the other side a guided meditation done lying down. The second CD (#2) has the three lying down meditations.
Series 2 also includes one CD (#3) or tape (#4) with a guided "mountain" and a guided "lake" meditation. These images are used in the service of strengthening one's understanding of mindfulness practice. They speak to deep aspects of the psyche and support the cultivation of silence, stillness, resolve, and wakefulness.
The last CD (#4) or tape (#5) is silence with bells at various times. These audiotapes were developed to accompany Dr. Kabat-Zinn's book, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994). Wherever You Go, There You Are encapsulates both the spirit and the details of formal and informal mindfulness practices in an easy-to-read format that suggests some of the infinite ways we might bring mindfulness into our everyday lives.