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Full Catastrophe Living

Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

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Full Catastrophe Living

Written by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Narrated by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Stress. 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.©2007 Jon Kabat-Zinn; (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Stress Management Health Meditation Mindfulness Mental Health Medicine Physical Exercise Yoga
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“A practical guide not only to mindfulness meditation and healing, but daily life.” —Joseph Goldstein, Insight Meditation Society, author of One Dharma and coauthor of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom

“Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn eloquently explains the power of paying attention and increasing awareness. I strongly recommend this book for everyone who wants to begin healing their life.”—Dean Ornish, M.D., author of Stress, Diet, and Your Heart and Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for the Reversal of Heart Disease

“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 and My Grandfather's Blessings

“A wonderful guidebook for those of us who choose life and healing. I hope you all make the choice and read the book.” —Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles and Peace, Love, and Healing
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I have been trying to learn mindfulness and meditation for quite a few months, reading, googling, youtubing, audiobooks. This was great to help my anxious mind understand, along with some of my other material, this has definitely helped me confidently add mindfulness and meditation to my life. thank you

great for beginners!

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Maybe other reviewers have never heard the author speak before, but that’s how he talks. A few words here and there are over annunciated, but he’s an author not a professional narrator, and it’s not nearly as robotic as others have said. You sink into it after a while, if you let yourself let go of that hangup. Thoroughly enjoyed this version

Narration not as bad as other reviews say

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Read this book! Life changing! Very helpful. Mindfulness Meditation is a very useful tool for navigating life.

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For anyone who wants to bring. Meditation into their lives, this is a great tool. Been meditating for about a decade and I still picked up some great pointers. Always learning, shaping and readjusting. Highly recommend. Great insights. Listen to it in sections and think about what is being said. Narration is a bit dry and boring with little pitch or tone. Kinda the same throughout which could get a little sleepy. Listening to it in sections is the way to go. Also, constantly plugging the meditation clinic.

Lots of great insights

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‘s Mindfulness Stress Reduction Program is the one thing that has helped me cope with my chronic pain, isolation medical abandonment as it is clear my conditions will never abate. Jon Kabat-Zinn says it best “as long as you’re breathing you are alive. The Full Catastrophe happens but his teachings tell me this is a time to grow in life learning acceptance through the practice of living life in the moment to the fullest. I can accept myself in unbearable pain now with his meditations; ie. the body scan, loving kindness, lifescape, etc. I don’t run from what is destroying my body but have learned to embrace everything occurring in a powerful way living awake in the words he teaches. There’s no mantra. No distraction from whatever you are living with. Kabat-Zinn teaches an amazing coping skill for all aspects of life. Accepting the way things are.

I have lived for 6 years with serious illness, pain, and stress

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