Eastern and western perspectives on meditation

Psychology of Meditation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 45-64

  Suchday, Sonia ^a   Mayson, Sarah Jo ^a   Klepper, Jaclyn ^a   Meyer, Hilary ^a   Dziok, Maria ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clinical Directors Network   (United States)

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