Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Dewey Decimal Number: 155.9042
EAN: 9780385303125
ISBN: 0385303122
Label: Delta
Manufacturer: Delta
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: June 01, 1990
Publisher: Delta
Release Date: May 01, 1990
Sales Rank: 1361
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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.
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Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is perhaps the best-known proponent of using meditation to help patients deal with illness. (The somewhat confusing title is from a line in Zorba the Greek in which the title character refers to the ups and downs of family life as 'the full catastrophe.') But this book is also a terrific introduction for anyone who has considered meditating but was afraid it would be too difficult or would include religious practices they found foreign. Kabat-Zinn focuses on 'mindfulness,' a concept that involves living in the moment, paying attention, and simply 'being' rather than 'doing.' While you can practice anything 'mindfully,' from taking a walk to cleaning your house, Kabat-Zinn presents several meditation techniques that focus the attention most clearly, whether it's on a simple phrase, your breathing, or various parts of your body. The book goes into detail about how hospital patients have either improved their health or simply come to feel better despite their illness by using these techniques, but these meditations can help anyone deal with stress and gain a calmer outlook on life. 'When we use the word healing to describe the experiences of people in the stress clinic, what we mean above all is that they are undergoing a profound transformation of view,' Kabat-Zinn writes. 'Out of this shift in perspective comes an ability to act with greater balance and inner security in the world.' --Ben Kallen
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- No Longer Afraid To Take A Bow!This book truly speaks to the mind, body and soul. It is the FULL TILT BOOGIE! Am on the mend thanks to ... Read More
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- a modern classic of mindfulness literaturethis book is a classic. it is a readable, deep, and broad presentation of information that is relevant ... Read More
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- Full Catastrophe LivingThe book is very detailed regarding how one stress clinic helps their clients. The author has some very ... Read More
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- Getting used to the ideaI am about half way through this book - it was a little bit of a culture shock to get into this way of thinking ... Read More
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