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Mindfulness - the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is - is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. This little audiobook is a very appealing introduction to mindfulness meditation for children and their parents. In a simple and accessible way, it describes what mindfulness is and how mindfulness-based practices can help children calm down, become more focused, fall asleep more easily, alleviate worry, manage anger, and generally become more patient and aware.

Jon Kabat-Zinn makes it clear that the essence of meditative practice lies in how one lives one's life from moment to moment, in all its aspects and relationships, and not merely in formal meditative practices. This program offers an experience of mindfulness that is entirely congruent with our lives in the 21st Century: It is effective, portable, and easily adopted - a perfect antidote to life in the fast lane.

In Meditation for Optimum Health, you will join best-selling authors Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn for a practical introduction that makes it simple to enjoy the life-changing benefits of meditation A-even if you've never tried it before.

How does meditation work? Can anybody do it? What do I need to get started? Is it religious? Does it have the power to heal?

We think we know what meditation is - especially in an era when "mindfulness" has improbably rocketed into the mainstream. Millions of people around the world have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But there's no hard-and-fast rule that says you have to meditate in a certain way, in a particular place, or following a specific tradition. So what is meditation anyway? And why might it be worth trying? Or nurturing further if you already have practice?

It is only by healing from injustices and dissolving our personal barriers to connection that we develop the ability to view others with compassion and to live in community with people of vastly different backgrounds and viewpoints. Incorporating mindfulness exercises, research, and Magee's hard-won insights, The Inner Work of Racial Justice offers a road map to a more peaceful world.

In this audio program, Dr. Kabat-Zinn takes the listener to his Massachusetts Stress Reduction Clinic for demonstrations of sitting, prone, and standing meditation, as well as testimonials from stressed-out patients who found some peace through his program. He also discusses Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond and quotes James Joyce. He discusses a study the clinic conducted augmenting ultraviolet light therapy with meditation for psoriasis patients.

More than 20 years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn changed the way we thought about awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. He followed that up with 2005's Coming to Our Senses, the definitive book for our time on the connection between mindfulness and our well-being on every level: physical, cognitive, emotional, social, planetary and spiritual.

For four decades, Jon Kabat-Zinn has been teaching the tangible benefits of meditation in the mainstream. Today millions of people have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But how do you actually go about meditating? What does a formal meditation practice look like? And how can we overcome some of the common obstacles to incorporating meditation into daily life in an age of perpetual self-distraction? Falling Awake directly answers these urgent and timely questions.

In this follow-up to Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Kabat-Zinn adds a decidedly American flair to the elusive art of living fully in each moment as it unfolds. This product includes guided instruction in mindful walking, sitting meditation, mindful hatha yoga, and also Kabat-Zinn's responses to questions from workshop participants, which may help deepen both one's understanding and commitment to the cultivation of mindfulness.

Una fusión inteligente entre la ciencia, la poesía y la espiritualidad, este audio libro se enfoca en el poder transformador de la atención plena en la vida diaria, tanto a un nivel íntimamente personal como a uno más social.

The World of Relaxation was conceived as a way to reach out to patients lying in bed in the hospital and inviting them to experiment inwardly, with Jon’s guidance, in bringing mindful awareness to their present-moment circumstances, utilizing the occasion of having to lie in bed for some time - whatever the viewer’s medical condition and prognosis - to do something for him or herself to promote healing of the mind and body, as a vital complement to whatever the health care system and one’s doctors are doing by way of medical treatments and rehabilitation.

In this exclusive online program, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, sits down with our very own Steve Stein to discuss the ever-growing importance of mindful living in the frantic, technologically burdened 21st century. In this StreetSmart Conversation, the two native New Yorkers cover topics such as: the Digital Sabbath; the science of mindfulness; mindful parenting; coping with real-world challenges and living mindfully in a world of digital distraction; and to round out the talk, Jon leads the viewer through a 10-minute meditation.

In Mindfulness for All, Kabat-Zinn focuses on how mindfulness really can be a tool to transform the world - explaining how democracy thrives in a mindful context, and why mindfulness is a vital tool for both personal and global understanding and action in these tumultuous times.

In The Healing Power of Mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn shares a cornucopia of specific examples as to how the cultivation of mindfulness can reshape your relationship with your own body and mind - explaining what we're learning about neuroplasticity and the brain, how meditation can affect our biology and our health, and what mindfulness can teach us about coming to terms with all sorts of life challenges, including our own mortality, so we can make the most of the moments we have.

Cuando el dolor físico o el sufrimiento emocional aparecen en nuestra vida, rara vez les dedicamos la atención y el cuidado que merecen. Por contra, los vivimos como un contratiempo o algo de lo que deberíamos prescindir. En ocasiones, recurrimos a medicamentos, o tratamos de gratificarnos con ocio o compras con la falsa esperanza de atenuarlo.

Meditationen für ein gelassenes Leben. Meditieren kann man im Gehen, im Stehen und im Liegen, zu Hause und unterwegs, beim Treppensteigen und sogar beim Geschirrspülen. Dieser Meditationsklassiker enthält eine Fülle von Übungen, durch die man lernen kann, alle Situationen im Leben mit erhöhter Achtsamkeit und Ruhe zu meistern. Auf diese Weise bleiben wir auch im Alltagstrubel kontinuierlich unserer inneren Mitte, was sich positiv auf unsere geistige und körperliche Gesundheit auswirkt.

Quando este livro foi lançado em 1994, ninguém poderia imaginar que um título sobre atenção plena (mindfulness) entraria nas listas de mais vendidos e alcançaria a marca de um milhão de exemplares. Mais de 25 anos depois, ele continua a transformar a vida de meditadores iniciantes e experientes com suas valiosas dicas, seus conceitos e exercícios. Contando envolventes histórias sobre os benefícios da meditação e as descobertas e os desafios no caminho do autoconhecimento, este livro é perfeito para quem deseja uma vida com mais calma, significado e propósito.

La atención plena se sitúa en el corazón de la meditación budista, pero su esencia es universal y tiene un profundo beneficio práctico para todo el mundo. Con frecuencia, nuestra mente no es consciente de las múltiples posibilidades que encierra el momento presente y de su belleza única, ya que nuestra naturaleza alberga una tendencia al automatismo que nos aleja del contacto con el único tiempo que tenemos para vivir, crecer, sentir, amar, aprender y darle forma a las cosas.

Débranchez le pilote automatique pour faire de chaque instant de votre vie un moment privilégié, apprenez à vous connaître pour retrouver la joie de vive : voici ce que propose ce petit livre de sagesse. En 1979, le Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn s'associe à l'université du Massachusetts pour créer le Centre de recherche clinique pour la réduction du stress. Ses méthodes, fondées sur les techniques bouddhiques de la méditation et de la pleine conscience, obtiennent très vite des succès remarquables.

If you have psoriasis, you may find this meditation helpful in mobilizing and maximizing your innate capacities of mind and body to enhance healing and the clearing of your skin. The recording is meant to be "done" rather than simply passively listened to. That means following along with the guidance as best you can and practicing what is being suggested from moment to moment and through the stretches of silence.