false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176070904m/589455.jpg 589455 5 2005 15th anniversary edition reprint 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 <I>Zorba the Greek</I> 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 <I>despite</I> 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 <I>healing</I> 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." <I>--Ben Kallen</I> reissue 2005 16180 1990 Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness total:370|5:137|4:147|3:70|2:14|1:2| 370 1513 689 85 4 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:25:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:26:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 18 11:38:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 11:50:11 -0700 2009
It is very easy to understand and very interesting and inspiring.
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The program he describes sounds very useful! T...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 09:14:41 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 16:50:33 -0700 2007
Of course, at around the same time I was reading it, I took a MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction) class and was working with a mindfulness psychotherapist, so it’s hard to review the book on its own; the c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Aug 25 09:19:03 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 19:59:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 14:29:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 10:46:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:29:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 13 12:07:08 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 12:12:08 -0700 2008
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