sources (materials from these books were used in the slides and lecture)
Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide, by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, (Schocken Books). Though Rabbi Kaplan gives a thorough introduction to the topic, he also gets a bit too deep for our liking on the mystical/transcendental side of meditation. We do not recommend all of these practices.
Outpouring of the Soul, Translated to English by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, (Breslov Research Institute).
Jewish Meditation - Hisbodedus: The Lost Path of Secluded Meditation, by Tal Moshe Zwecker (available in ebook form for the Kindle only on amazon.com. Don't have a Kindle? You can download a free Kindle reader for your computer and buy the book for $9.95 and read it on your computer)