The Mindfulness Revolution

The Mindfulness Revolution

by Jon Kabat-ZinnDaniel Siegel Jack Kornfield and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/03/2011

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A collection of essays on the benefits and everyday applications of mindfulness—featuring contributions from Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and more


A growing body of scientific research indicates that mindfulness can reduce stress and improve mental and physical health. Countless people who have tried it say it's improved their quality of life. Simply put, mindfulness is the practice of paying steady and full attention, without judgment or criticism, to our moment-to-moment experience. Here is a collection of the best writing on what mindfulness is, why we should practice it, and how to apply it in daily life, from leading figures in the field. Selections include:


• Leading thinker Jon Kabat-Zinn on the essence of mindfulness, stress reduction, and positive change

• Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on the transformative power of mindful breathing

• Professor of psychiatry Daniel Siegel, MD, on how mindfulness benefits the brain

• Physician and meditation teacher Jan Chozen Bays, MD, on how and why to practice mindful eating

• Pioneering psychologist Ellen Langer on how mindfulness can change the understanding and treatment of disease

• Leadership coach Michael Carroll on practicing mindfulness at work

• Psychologist Daniel Goleman on a mindful approach to shopping and consuming

• Pianist Madeline Bruser on how mindfulness can help us overcome performance anxiety

• And much more


The Mindfulness Revolution also includes an in-depth discussion by writer-editor Barry Boyce about how mindfulness is being applied in a variety of professional fields—from health care to education, from performing arts to business—to improve effectiveness and enhance well-being.

ISBN:
9780834827394
9780834827394
Category:
Coping with stress
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-03-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Shambhala
Jon Kabat-Zinn

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.

He is the author of numerous bestselling books about mindfulness and meditation. Overall, his books have been translated into over 30 languages.

Daniel Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel, MD, received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA, where he is currently a clinical professor.

He is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute, and the author of numerous books, including the bestsellers Mindsight and Brainstorm, as well as No-Drama Discipline and The Whole-Brain Child (co-authored with Tina Payne Bryson). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and occasionally with his launched adolescents.

Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield, PhD, is a psychologist and founder of two of the largest Buddhist centres in America.

His books are classics, selling well over a million copies, and have been translated into twenty-one languages. In addition he teaches to large crowds all over the world.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar and peace activist. During the Vietnam War his work for peace and reconciliation moved Martin Luther King to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and the School of Youth for Social Service.

He was exiled as a result of his work for peace but continued his activism, rescuing boat people and helping to resettle Vietnamese refugees. He has written more than 100 books, which have sold millions of copies around the world. He now lives in France where he founded a Buddhist community and meditation centre.

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