A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety

by Bob Stahl, Florence Meleo-Meyer MS MA, Lynn Koerbel MPH

If you have anxiety or suffer from panic attacks, little things like driving, being at a party where you don’t know anyone, or even going to the grocery store can seem overwhelming. But these little things are a part of everyday life, and if you try to avoid them, you may end up feeling alienated, lonely, and unfulfilled. Furthermore, simply avoiding anxiety-causing situations will not help you to conquer your anxiety. If anything, it can make it worse! So how can you take control of your anxiety symptoms, once and for all? In The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety , three mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) experts provide mindfulness meditations and exercises to help sooth anxiety, understand common triggers, and live more fully in the moment. Developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR is a powerful, evidence-based treatment model that fuses mindfulness meditation and yoga, and has been proven effective in treating a wide range of chronic disorders and diseases. The mindfulness practices in MBSR help you to cultivate a greater awareness of the connection between your body and mind, and can help you identify and move past the toxic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that lie at the root of your anxiety. If you are ready to take the first step toward managing your fears, anxiety, and worry, this book can help show you the way.

Genres: Health, Psychology

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2014

Reviews

[Fabián Sanhueza Vásquez · Rating 3 out of 5]

La primera mitad del libro es especialmente sólida, sin embargo, a medida que avanzamos por las diferentes prácticas sugeridas, se va perdiendo un poco el hilo conductor. Las definiciones ya no son tan claras o precisas, los ejemplos son o suenan demasiado pseudocientíficos o forzados y el paradigma científico en general comienza a quedar un poco de lado. Aún así creo que es un libro que vale la pena leer, porque en el camino presenta muchas situaciones con las que una persona ansiosa se siente identificada. Aprender que hay otras personas que sienten las mismas sensaciones específicas que uno puede ayudar a no sentirse tan solo.

[Kristine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this not quite as helpful as the previous book (the one without Anxiety in the title) that I worked through with an integrative/holistic therapist more than three years ago. I purchased this title as I experienced a return of the anxiety symptoms that originally took me to a therapist. The beginning exercises in this title were startling...a couple of them took me to places that were hard to me. I felt my anxiety levels rising! Which I concede may be the point. I hung in there. Some of it was good review but I found myself pulling out the first book and reviewing it to better results. I have maintained the yoga and meditation practices I began with the therapist. I will say the material is presented in a compassionate and easy to understand format. The online meditations that are available are stellar. I am grateful for Bob Stahl and his co-authors in my life. And even though he's never met me, he knows me!