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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.08 AVERAGE
82 reviews for:
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.08 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Essential participation for future success. This "nails" our contemporary malaise. Provides substantial evidence; a comprehensive litany of cultural risk factors. Validation of healthy lifestyle.
This might have been better if I'd read it rather than listened to it. It felt like it was a lot of reasons why one should adopt mindfulness and meditation in their lives and only a little bit of how to do it.
I really enjoy Jon-Kabat Zinn’s books and lessons. However with this one I felt as if it was a bit too long and repetitive, maybe it’s because I have read several of his books already and 1/3 of the lessons I’ve learned before. Still there is valuable information within the book, especially for those that haven’t read any books by the author previously.
From one of the major theorists of Mindfulness here it is the revised edition of one of the greatest classics on the subject, which remains extremely actual and probably still one of the most clear and comprehensive books on meditation as a form of "global healing".
Da uno dei piú grossi teorici della Mindfulness ecco l'edizione rinnovata di uno dei piú grandi classici sull'argomento, che resta estremamente attuale e probabilmente ancora uno dei libri piú chiari e completi sulla meditazione come forma di "guarigione globale".
Da uno dei piú grossi teorici della Mindfulness ecco l'edizione rinnovata di uno dei piú grandi classici sull'argomento, che resta estremamente attuale e probabilmente ancora uno dei libri piú chiari e completi sulla meditazione come forma di "guarigione globale".
This book calls for a radical restructuring of how we live our lives and, on a lesser scale, how we as a human culture can support these new ways of living. It offers practical advice supported by research and anecdotal evidence in a way that is impactful. However, there is a privileged view to much of this book that feels dismissive of the very real issues and lack of access that those who are not wealthy or who live in cultures combative to the practice of mindfulness face. It is a necessary read, but I would like to see more from different cultures/points of views attempting to experience, teach, or approach mindfulness.
This book is a must-read for anyone who has any kind of chronic health issue or who is under a great deal of stress in general. You can't afford to NOT take the time to read or listen to it!
Really enjoyed this book and I look forward to putting the exercises suggested to practice.
An absolute classic of the mindfulness genre, this book offers voluminous data and anecdotal evidence on the benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs for improvement in physical and mental health. If you've ever been skeptical of the benefits of meditation, this book will try it's damnedest to try to convince you. I came to this book as a convinced meditator and yoga practitioner but still found the book to be a worthwhile endeavor to deepen my understanding of how meditation supports overall health and well being. It gave me ample language to be able to articulate how a regular mindfulness practice alters a person's relationship to themselves and their emotions, their suffering, their pain.
I have, slowly but sincerely, come into a mindfulness meditation practice over the last few years. As part of this practice, I start each morning with about 30 minutes of centering, coming into connection with own thoughts and emotions. Before reaching for my phone or really having a conversation beyond a polite hello or a good morning kiss at the coffee pot, I sit quietly alone and tune into my body and the stream of thoughts, becoming aware of what is there. Usually there's some journaling and other reflection practices, but sometimes it's just sitting quietly, being present as the morning unfolds. I end this practice by reading a few pages from what I like to call "wisdom reading." This 700+ page book took me three months to finish because I read it in these very small doses daily, not rushing through to finish but mindfully reading and absorbing the wisdom contained.
I share this because this is what happened to my life after a few years of dedicated (well honestly, sincere but sporadic) mindfulness meditation. Instead of grabbing my phone first thing in the morning and swimming in the cortisol sea of online news and social chatter, I start my day in the stillness and truth of my own awareness. I can't say that I stay in the space the rest of the day - I remain human and am sometimes reactive and sometimes on autopilot and often unawares or distracted by the endless scroll - but the difference, over time, by starting my mornings gently and in connection with myself is both subtle and profound. I find myself noticing those mornings when I wake up and find that there is no crisis to contain, nothing in my small sphere of influence that will be improved by worrying. I notice those mornings in which my heart feels peaceful. I also notice those mornings when I feel agitated, or when a family conflict or world stress is resting heavier on my shoulders. It seems like a small thing, awareness, but after awareness comes curiosity, compassion, and a truer understanding of what I care about or what I control and what I do not.
I don't sit for hours on a cushion every day - I sit in meditation probably 3x/week and do yoga (which for me is a moving meditation practice) almost daily - but this morning practice is as much a mindfulness practice as formal cushion sitting and probably the most radical act of self-care I engage in.
I have, slowly but sincerely, come into a mindfulness meditation practice over the last few years. As part of this practice, I start each morning with about 30 minutes of centering, coming into connection with own thoughts and emotions. Before reaching for my phone or really having a conversation beyond a polite hello or a good morning kiss at the coffee pot, I sit quietly alone and tune into my body and the stream of thoughts, becoming aware of what is there. Usually there's some journaling and other reflection practices, but sometimes it's just sitting quietly, being present as the morning unfolds. I end this practice by reading a few pages from what I like to call "wisdom reading." This 700+ page book took me three months to finish because I read it in these very small doses daily, not rushing through to finish but mindfully reading and absorbing the wisdom contained.
I share this because this is what happened to my life after a few years of dedicated (well honestly, sincere but sporadic) mindfulness meditation. Instead of grabbing my phone first thing in the morning and swimming in the cortisol sea of online news and social chatter, I start my day in the stillness and truth of my own awareness. I can't say that I stay in the space the rest of the day - I remain human and am sometimes reactive and sometimes on autopilot and often unawares or distracted by the endless scroll - but the difference, over time, by starting my mornings gently and in connection with myself is both subtle and profound. I find myself noticing those mornings when I wake up and find that there is no crisis to contain, nothing in my small sphere of influence that will be improved by worrying. I notice those mornings in which my heart feels peaceful. I also notice those mornings when I feel agitated, or when a family conflict or world stress is resting heavier on my shoulders. It seems like a small thing, awareness, but after awareness comes curiosity, compassion, and a truer understanding of what I care about or what I control and what I do not.
I don't sit for hours on a cushion every day - I sit in meditation probably 3x/week and do yoga (which for me is a moving meditation practice) almost daily - but this morning practice is as much a mindfulness practice as formal cushion sitting and probably the most radical act of self-care I engage in.
I was with you until you suggested that some ppl can sleep for 4 hours, lazy if you sleep more…and more likely to beat cancer if you dont care about the outcome