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| Author: Jon Kabat-Zinn | Foreword By: Joan Borysenko |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
ISBN-10: 0385303122
ISBN-13: 9780385303125
Buy.com Sku: 30054756
Publish Date: 6/1/1991
Buy.com Sales Rank: 45501
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 9.25H x 6.25L x 1T
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496
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| "Happy 15th birthday to one of the great classics of mind/body medicine! More than any other, "Full Catastrophe Living is the book that enabled Americans to discover the inner life. This book has brought peace of mind to hundreds and thousands of people and healed countless lives. This is your chance to let it heal yours." -Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of "Kitchen Table Wisdom It is everywhere around us. Even worse, it gets inside us: sapping our energy, undermining our health, and making us more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, and disease. Now, based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this groundbreaking book shows you how to use natural, medically proven methods to soothe and heal your body, mind, and spirit. By using the practices described within, you can learn to manage chronic pain resulting from illness and/or stress-related disorders...discover the roles that anger and tension play in heart disease...reduce anxiety and feelings of panic...improve overall quality of life and relationships through mindfulness meditation and mindful yoga. More timely than ever before, "Full Catastrophe Living is a book for the young and the old, the well, the ill, and anyone trying to live a healthier and saner life in today's world. |
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From the Publisher:
Featured on Bill Moyer's PBS special Healing and the Mind, this practical guide to mindfulness, meditation and healing from the author of the bestselling Wherever You Go, There You Are is a classic in the field of alternative medicine.The founder of the Stress Reduction Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center explains how to use "mindfulness"--moment-to-moment awareness--to cope with both illness and the everyday tensions encountered in life.A guide to awareness meditation methods offers a mindfulness-based, stress reduction program for coping with illnesses as well as everyday stress, accompanied by an updated list of resources on mindfulness practice. Reissue. 10,000 first printing. |
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An expert in the field of mind/body medicine, Dr. Kabat-Zinn is known for his advocacy of the mindfulness approach, which highlights living in the moment. Here, Dr. Kabat-Zinn applies the mindfulness-based approach to stress and other health issues in a work that has become a classic in the alternative health field, and which was featured on the Bill Moyers PBS show HEALING AND THE MIND.
An expert in the field of mind/body medicine, Dr. Kabat-Zinn is known for his advocacy of the mindfulness approach, which highlights living in the moment. Here, Dr. Kabat-Zinn applies the mindfulness-based approach to stress and other health issues in a work that has become a classic in the alternative health field, and which was featured on the Bill Moyers PBS show HEALING AND THE MIND.
Author Bio
Jon Kabat-Zinn
A molecular biologist, Jon Kabat-Zinn runs a stress reduction clinic at the University of Massachusetts Health Care Center. A student of Zen, he is a proponent of the approach known as "mindfulness," which involves living in the moment. WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE is his most-read work. He also runs workshops and writes books on how to meditate. He has collaborated with his wife Myla Kabat-Zinn on a parenting book called EVERYDAY BLESSINGS, which applies the mindfullness approach to raising a family.
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"This is simply the best popular book on health I have read in years. It offers a guide for personal transformation that can literally save your life." - Steven E. Locke Book Jacket
"This is a wise and wonderful book. It reminds us that life is not a rehearsal but a magnificent journey to be lived and experienced to the fullest." - James A. Rippe Book Jacket
"A true breakthrough in the area of behavioral medicine and self-control. Readers seeking relief from stress should read 'Full Catastrophe Living'. If you are looking for the best available book on this topic, this is it!" - G. Alan Marlatt (unknown)
"A practical guide not only to mindfulness meditation and healing, but to accomplishing that elusive goal of integrating spiritual practice into daily life." - Joseph Goldstein
"This is simply the best popular book on health I have read in years. It offers a guide for personal transformation that can literally save your life." - Steven E. Locke Book Jacket
"This is a wise and wonderful book. It reminds us that life is not a rehearsal but a magnificent journey to be lived and experienced to the fullest." - James A. Rippe Book Jacket
"A true breakthrough in the area of behavioral medicine and self-control. Readers seeking relief from stress should read 'Full Catastrophe Living'. If you are looking for the best available book on this topic, this is it!" - G. Alan Marlatt (unknown)
"A practical guide not only to mindfulness meditation and healing, but to accomplishing that elusive goal of integrating spiritual practice into daily life." - Joseph Goldstein
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