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La "meditazione consapevole" è una pratica affermata e in costante diffusione di cui Jon Kabat-Zinn è stato precursore, maestro indiscusso e autore di testi fondamentali e illuminanti. Fra questi l'ormai classico "Riprendere i sensi" che l'autore ha deciso di riproporre in una versione ampliata e rinnovata in quattro volumi indipendenti, ognuno relativo a un aspetto della mindfulness.

Per decenni Jon Kabat-Zinn ha mostrato a un pubblico sempre più ampio i benefici tangibili della meditazione. Oggi, milioni di persone hanno inserito nella propria vita la meditazione di consapevolezza come routine quotidiana. Ma in cosa consiste la meditazione nella pratica? Come si svolge una sessione formale di meditazione? E come possiamo superare gli ostacoli dovuti all'epoca di perpetua distrazione in cui viviamo e che ci impediscono di inserire la pratica della meditazione nella vita di tutti i giorni?

Più di vent'anni fa, Jon Kabat-Zinn ha dimostrato l'importanza di coltivare una maggiore consapevolezza nella vita di tutti i giorni nel suo longseller "Dovunque tu vada, ci sei già". In "Guarire con la mindfulness", l'autore porta una serie di esempi illuminanti su come la mindfulness riesca a "rimodellare" la relazione con il nostro corpo e la nostra mente.

La consapevolezza è considerata l'elemento centrale della meditazione buddista, ma la sua essenza è universale e di profonda utilità pratica per tutti. Essenzialmente la consapevolezza è essere sempre vigili e, malgrado sia caratteristico della nostra mente innescare il pilota automatico e perdere il contatto con l'unico momento, quello presente, di cui effettivamente disponiamo per vivere, sentire, crescere, amare, dare forma alle cose o guarire, essa possiede anche l'innata capacità di destarci al "qui e ora".

Come usare il potente strumento della mindfulness per alleviare il dolore? Ormai sappiamo che praticare la mindfulness aiuta a ridurre lo stress e a coltivare un benessere profondo e radicato, ma quanto sappiamo della sua utilità nel contrastare il dolore fisico e la sofferenza che si ingenera quando questo dolore si fa incessante e ci sovrasta?

These programs constitute the core practice curriculum of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in the Stress Reduction Clinic. They are meant to be used in conjunction with Dr. Kabat-Zinn's book, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. You will find extensive descriptions of these practices in this book.

Pubblicato in origine come parte di "Riprendere i sensi, la summa del pensiero" di Jon Kabat-Zinn, pioniere della pratica della meditazione consapevoli, "La mindfulness è per tutti" viene riproposto ora come volume autonomo, arricchito di una introduzione e di capitoli interamente nuovi. Il tema principale sviluppato da Kabat-Zinn in questo libro è il potere trasformativo della mindfulness non solo a livello individuale, ma anche a livello collettivo.

These programs constitute the core practice curriculum of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in the Stress Reduction Clinic. They are meant to be used in conjunction with Dr. Kabat-Zinn's book, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. You will find extensive descriptions of these practices in this book, as well as pictures of the mindful hatha yoga sequences.

These programs constitute the core practice curriculum of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in the Stress Reduction Clinic. They are meant to be used in conjunction with Dr. Kabat-Zinn's book, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. You will find extensive descriptions of these practices in this book.

If you've ever struggled with depression or know someone who has, take heart: Mindfulness practice is a simple, powerful way to naturally break depression's self-perpetuating cycle. With The Mindful Way Through Depression, four leading researchers present insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy about how to triumph over this illness - and, more importantly, how to prevent it from striking again.

We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it’s a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any other behaviors, we may find ourselves uncontrollably repeating. Why are bad habits so hard to overcome? Is there a key to conquering the cravings we know are unhealthy for us? This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction.

Stress. It is everywhere around us. Even worse, it gets inside us: sapping our energy, undermining our health, and making us more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, and disease. Now, based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this groundbreaking book...

The art of mindfulness can transform our struggles with food--and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with eating. Drawing on recent research and integrating her experiences as a physician and meditation teacher, Dr. Jan Bays offers a wonderfully clear presentation of...

What if you could profoundly change your life just by becoming more mindful of your breathing? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, you can. What if "paying attention on purpose and non-judgmentally" could improve your health? Again, according to Dr. Kabat-Zinn, it can.

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.

Two pioneers in integrative mind-body medicine guide you through a series of three meditation practices for optimum health, focusing on the breath, the body, and the emotions. It's an excellent way to experience the proven health and stress-reduction benefits of meditation, even if you've never tried it before.

If you're reading this, chances are your life, or the life of someone you know, is shaped by pain - and the physical and emotional suffering that usually accompany it. The good news: Jon Kabat-Zinn and his colleagues have helped thousands of people learn to use the power of mindfulness to transform their relationship to pain and suffering, and discover new degrees of freedom for living with greater ease and quality of life.

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.

Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators and counselors, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students.

Join best-selling author Dr. Andrew Weil for these helpful house calls in audio, and get the information you need to improve your health safely and naturally.