Summary
Re-released on its tenth anniversary of publication, this book presents meditation as a natural activity that can be practiced anytime and anywhere, without props or trappings.
Author Biography
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also the founding director of its renowned Stress Reduction Clinic and Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in various venues around the world. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT in 1971 in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate, Salvador Luria.
His work in the Stress Reduction Clinic was featured in Bill Moyers' PBS Special, Healing and the Mind and in the book of the same title, as well as on Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, as well as NPR. he has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions such as medicine, and psychology, health care and hospitals, schools, corporations, the legal profession, prisons, and professional sports.
He is the author of numerous bestselling books about mindfulness and meditation: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness; Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life; Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness; and Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness. He is also co-author, with his wife Myla, of Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting; and with Williams, Teasdale, and Segal, of The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness Overall, his books have been translated into over thirty languages.
Table of Contents
Introduction |
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PART ONE The Bloom of the Present Moment |
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3 | (5) |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (3) |
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17 | (1) |
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Keeping the Breath in Mind |
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18 | (3) |
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Practice, Practice, Practice |
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Practice Does Not Mean Rehearsal |
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22 | (2) |
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You Don't Have to Go Out of Your Way to Practice |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (1) |
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You Can't Stop the Waves but You Can Learn to Surf |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (6) |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (3) |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (4) |
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You Have to Be Strong Enough to Be Weak |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (4) |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (6) |
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Meditation Develops Full Human Beings |
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81 | (6) |
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87 | (6) |
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Meditation: Not to Be Confused with Positive Thinking |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (7) |
PART TWO The Heart of Practice to Sitting Meditation |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (3) |
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What to Do with Your Hands |
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112 | (5) |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (6) |
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127 | (4) |
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A What-Is-My-Way? Meditation |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (6) |
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141 | (4) |
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145 | (4) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (6) |
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Getting Your Body Down on the Floor at Least Once a Day |
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157 | (3) |
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Not Practicing Is Practicing |
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160 | (2) |
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Loving Kindness Meditation |
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162 | (9) |
PART THREE In the Spirit of Mindfulness |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (3) |
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179 | (6) |
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185 | (3) |
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Is There Anything Else You Would Like to Tell Me? |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (4) |
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Wherever You Go, There You Are |
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195 | (6) |
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201 | (3) |
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Cleaning the Stove While Listening to Bobby McFerrin |
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204 | (2) |
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What Is My Job on the Planet with a Capital J? |
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206 | (5) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (4) |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (6) |
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226 | (4) |
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230 | (3) |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (5) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (4) |
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247 | (10) |
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257 | (3) |
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Some Pitfalls Along the Path |
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260 | (3) |
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Is Mindfulness Spiritual? |
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263 | (8) |
Afterword |
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271 | (6) |
Mindfulness Meditation Practice CDs |
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