This is an unequivocal 5-star book for me. I'm recommending it to my friends and family without reservation. For me it is best as audiobook.

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Guided Mindfulness Practices with Jon Kabat-Zinn – Series 2


Kabat's mindfulness cd's are great. I have two sets. I started trying to practice mindfulness meditation, as well as using the mindful approach to daily stressors, ie, staying calm/breathing and accepting difficulties as inevitable part of life. My husband and teen kids are trying it as well. Highly recommend these cd's, along with learning more about the ideas behind it. Jon Kabat Zin pioneered using mindfulness techniques in an 8 week program for people dealing with chronic pain and other chronic illnesses at University of Massachusetts. There are many evidence based findings for its effectiveness with physical and mental illnesses (depression, OCD). Kabat Zin wrote Full Catastrophe Living-which outlines in detail his program, how it was developed, studies that reinforce the effectiveness of the approach, and the philosophy behind it. I found The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems by Ronald D. Siegel to be a good introduction. Since reading that and trying the cd's, I have continued to read about mindfulness and am considering taking a course.