In the screenplay I'm working on, one of the characters is a very New Agey 15-year-old girl. She's a vegetarian, she meditates regularly, and she believes in the power of the mind. She's quite mature for her age and while I suspect she got into New Age philosophies to piss off her Marine-officer father, I think she's been at it long enough that she really does get a great deal out of it.
My other character is her nervous stepmother, who suffers from nightmares and is living in denial about several things. I see this New Age deal becoming a major plot point, and I want the young girl to teach her how to meditate and control her nightmares, and take control of who she is. (This isn't the main plot, but it adds a lot of depth and pushes the main plot along.)
I need to know a lot more about meditation, New Age philosophies, and Buddhism in order to write this. I know next to nothing about any of the above. I was a very New Agey kid myself, but I was more into astrology and crystals and Deepak Chopra. I was a dumb kid experimenting; the kid in my story has to actually know her stuff.
Does anyone have any good resources for me to learn about this kind of thing? What branch of Buddhism would be most relevant? Where are some resources on how to learn this particular variety of meditation? What else would work in this context, including crystals or whatever? All information is welcome!


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