We may long for wholeness, suggests Jon Kabat-Zinn, but the truth is that it is already here and already ours. The practice of mindfulness holds the possibility of not just a fleeting sense of contentment, but a true embracing of a deeper unity that envelops and permeates our lives. With Mindfulness for Beginners you are invited to learn how to transform your relationship to the way you think, feel, love, work, and play—and thereby awaken to and embody more completely who you really are.

Here, the teacher, scientist, and clinician who first demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness within mainstream Western medicine offers a book that you can use in three unique ways: as a collection of reflections and practices to be opened and explored at random; as an illuminating and engaging start-to-finish read; or as an unfolding “lesson- a-day” primer on mindfulness practice.
Beginning and advanced meditators alike will discover in these pages a valuable distillation of the key attitudes and essential practices that Jon Kabat-Zinn has found most useful with his students, including:

Why heartfulness is synonymous with true mindfulness
The value of coming back to our bodies and to our senses over and over again
How our thoughts “self-liberate” when touched by awareness
Moving beyond our “story” into direct experience
Stabilizing our attention and presence amidst daily activities
The three poisons that cause suffering—and their antidotes
How mindfulness heals, even after the fact
Reclaiming our wholeness, and more

The prescription for living a more mindful life seems simple enough: return your awareness again and again to whatever is going on. But if you’ve tried it, you know that here is where all the questions and challenges really begin. Mindfulness for Beginners provides welcome answers, insights, and instruction to help us make that shift, moment by moment, into a more spacious, clear, reliable, and loving connection with ourselves and the world.

NOTE:This ebook does not contain the spoken-word audio component included in the original printed edition.

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Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of the finest teachers
of mindfulness you will ever encounter.
JACK KORNFIELD
Author of A Path with Heart

Jon Kabat-Zinn provides access to the
essence of meditation and its applications
for both the beginner and those who
wish to deepen and expand their practice.
He embodies what he describes.
DEAN ORNISH, MD

"Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of the finest teachers
of mindfulness you will ever encounter."
-JACK KORNFIELD
Author of A Path with Heart

"Jon Kabat-Zinn provides access to the
essence of meditation and its applications
for both the beginner and those who
wish to deepen and expand their practice.
He embodies what he describes."
-DEAN ORNISH, MD

"Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of the finest teachers of mindfulness you will ever encounter."
JACK KORNFIELD
Author of A Path with Heart

"Jon Kabat-Zinn provides access to the essence of meditation and its applications for both the beginner and those who wish to deepen and expand their practice. He embodies what he describes."
DEAN ORNISH, MD" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Preventative and Behavioral Medicine. His clinic was featured in 1993 in the public television series Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the author of <iWherever You Go, There You Are:Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life</i and <iFull-Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom ofYour Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness</i. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Riky

Great for wellbeing

Reviewed in Australia on 14 February 2019

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Very easy to listen to to and understand he has a way of explaining things that everyone can relate to , I have listened to it twice now and come out feeling better and with more understanding about yourself

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David King

... as though meditation is to monotonous then this book happily dispels that

Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2015

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If you feel as though meditation is to monotonous then this book happily dispels that notion

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Miss J

Heavenly Bliss in first Session.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2015

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I received this CD yesterday & immediately opened and popped in CD1 of 2 disks. The first is purely an explanation of what mindfulness is and how it can benefit you. The entire disk runs for approximately 30/40 mins and have to admit, my attention only managed to capture about 10mins in total. His voice is quite melancholic and so you easily lose focus.

However, on disk 2 is where all the good stuff is at. There are 5/6 different meditations, using different senses and by the fourth meditation I were in heavenly bliss. I suffer from crippling, disabling anxiety and depressive states that make me housebound and can't take the traditional antidepressant medication, so I'm constantly looking for different avenues. This is most definitely one avenue I will be exploring far more. It has a lot of potential.

The one thing I will say is you will only get out what you put in, so from what I've seen so far this is one way of 'being' that is worthwhile investing in.

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J. Auckland

An enlightening read! Love it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2014

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I loved this book. I kept thinking I didn't get it, so I had to re-read bits to fully understand everything. However as it's in such short chapters it helps making it easier to read and digest.
I have been diagnosed with dysthymia, I never really got the point of life, and was told by a mental health professional that I probably never would, which was very depressing to say I'm only in my early 30s, so there could be a lot more life to endure, which is how life often feels an endurance not an enjoyment. However reading this book and doing the meditation suddenly enabled me to see what life is all about, experiencing the moments life offers,and suddenly I can see a point to existence! I still have good and bad days, but I feel to understand myself more and try to make time for meditation. I am reading more around mindfulness and depression to understand how to try to prevent further episodes of depression.
I can understand how it's not for everyone, but it definitely helped me as a starting point! I can also see that if I was experiencing an episode of depression that this book would be beyond me!

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No waffle on your search for a more relaxed pace of life.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2018

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Great book second one i brought gave the first to a freind to use .good starting place to understanding the mind and how our thoughts can be our worst enemy. Each chapter is short and to the point and not ten pages of waffle to tell you the same thing.would recomend this book to anyone who struggles with depression or our hectic way of life .

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2012

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Ideal for anyone trying mindfulness meditation for the first time or for those like myself who have worked through all of Jon Kabat Zin's books and cd's over the years. Its easy to follow, each individual meditation on the CD can be done individually if you prefer and the book is brilliant to just drop in to whenever you feel like it.

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Stop using props

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2017

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From the master of change. Learn a new way to deal with life and learn to get control of it, you can do it. This book gives you a good heads up start to make life changes.

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