"Advanced Consciousness Training for Actors: Meditation Techniques for the Performing Artistexplores theories and techniques for deepening the individual actors capacity to concentrate and focus attention. Going well beyond the common exercises found in actor training programs, these practices utilize consciousness expanding "technologies" derived from both Eastern and Western traditions of meditation and mindfulness training as well as more recent discoveries from the fields of psychology andneuroscience. This book reviews the scientific literature of consciousness studiesand mindfulness research to discover techniques for focusing attention, expanding self-awareness, and increasing levels of mental concentration; all foundational skills of the performing artist in any medium."--Provided by publisher.