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 Zorba the Greek 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…
You know how most self-help books have 50 pages and large type and basically say nothing? This book is different. It describes in depth and detail how to deal with the world. Not with 10 step plans or… This book is a bit of a paradox. It is dead simple but quite complex all at the same time. I have utiised the program as detailed in the book in its most simple form. Follow the steps and see what…
