1: Perspectives on Meditation; 2: Meditation and Psychotherapy; 3: A Content Analysis of the Meditation Experience; 4: Practical Instructions; 5: Meditation as a Self-Regulation Strategy; 6: A Model for Comparing Self-Regulation Strategies; 7: Meditation as an Altered State of Consciousness; 8: Components of Meditation; 9: Mediating Mechanisms; 10: Methodological Issues in Meditation Research; 11: Epilogue