A different form of relaxation that invites us to unite thought and nature. When in 1519 Hernán Cortés landed on the beaches of Mexico, he encountered the Aztecs, a town with a rich culture and extensive knowledge in astronomy, mathematics... and meditation. For them, every deep thought should be related to the environment; with plants, flowers, animals and the weather. For the inhabitants of the New World, human beings were just one more of the living creatures on the face of the Earth.
What, then, did it mean to meditate for the Aztecs? It was to learn to integrate into the environment, in order to make decisions on any matter that concerned them, they were confident that their inner wisdom and nature would give them the solution. And how they did it? In this book you will find the answer.
Aztec Meditation is the perfect manual to meditate at home, in a scenario free of mysticism or special facilities, through practical and simple exercises. Here you will learn a different way to seek relaxation and find yourself, as the Aztecs used to, uniting thought and nature, and finding a new way to resolve everyday conflicts and respond to existential issues.
Hector Grijalva is neurologist and Gestalt psychotherapist. He has been a professor of neurophysiology, neurology, Ericksonian hypnosis, Gestalt psychotherapy and history of medicine at universities in Mexico, Argentina, Panama, Brazil and institutions in Chile and Spain. He has been state coordinator of mental health in Aguascalientes, Mexico, where he lives. He created and directed three centres for suicide prevention. He is the author of ¿A qué jugamos? (Cordoba, Argentina) a book of therapeutic stories, and the essays “El Síndrome del Vampiro” and “Senderos de la mente” (Aguascalientes, Mexico). He currently teaches in graduate and masters programs in Gestalt psychotherapy and Gestalt medicine at the Omeyocan Institute of Psychotherapy.
