"During the past fifteen years Joel Levey has taught some thirteen thousand people survival skills for mastering the stress of life. He has worked with people from every walk of life, including business, education, health care, sports and the military, and presented here are more than a hundred of the techniques that he has found most effective. He draws from Zen, the humanistic psychotherapies, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and other tried and proven systems. He shows that it is definitely possible, with even a little knowledge of the fine arts of relaxation, concentration and meditation, to reduce stress, improve relationships and generally enhance the quality of our lives. "For many people," he says, "these techniques are like wish-fulfilling jewels. Used properly and purposefully, they can be extremely effective in helping to develop the latent qualities that you most wish to mature." This is very much a practical and down-to-earth work book. It is full of clear, easy-to-follow instructions and masses of explanation and can support for anyone who is tentative. Everyone can find something in this book that will stimulate and , most of all, help" -- Inside front cover