MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.dD.

Jon Kabat-Zinn started his mindfulness-based stress reduction program in University of Massachusets
Medical Centre in the 1970-ies. A pioneering work that has achieved impressive results which has inspired
the whole world of western medicine to look to eastern knowledge and methods to promote health and
well-being.

He is the author of two best-selling books bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and
society:
“Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness”
(Dell 1990), and
“Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life” (Hyperion, 1994)

Mindfulness is based on buddhist meditation practice, and put in a western modern context. Mindfulness is
a powerful approach that can show you that by focusing on the present moment you can replace stress
promoting habits by mindful, nonjudgmental awareness of our bodies and minds - a skill that will
permanently change the way you handle stress and give you more peace at mind and a healthier body.

Mindfulness is for anyone living with stress, anxiety, pain or illness. It can also be used to help reduce work
stress. Mindfulness is very popular in the world of psychology, medicine, neuroscience, education and
business.

You can find more information on the subject from the book titles and web-adresses listed below (a
selection)

Books on MBSR, MBCT and Other Mindfulness-Based Approaches

Baer, R. E. Ed. (2005). Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base
and Applications,.Academic Press, Elsevier.

Bays, Jan Chozen (2009). Mindful Eating, Shambhala Publications.

Brantley, Jeffrey (2003). Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You
From Anxiety, Fear and Panic, New Harbinger.

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Burch, Vidyamala, (2008). Living Well with Pain and Illness: The Mindful Way to Free Yourself from
Sufferring, Piatkus.

Crane, Rebecca (2009). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Routledge.

Gardner-Nix, Jackie (2009). The Mindfulness Solution to Pain, New Harbinger Publications.

Goldstein, Elisha, Stahl, Bob (2010). A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, New Harbinger.

Greenland, Susan (2010). The Mindful Child, Free Press

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (1990). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face
Stress, Pain and Illness, Delta.

Kabat- Zinn, Jon (1994). Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life,
Hyperion.

Kabat-Zinn (2006). Mindfulness for Beginners (CDs), Sounds True.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Coming to Our Senses:Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness,
Hyperion.

McBee, Lucia (2008). Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: A CAM Model for Frail Elders and their Caregivers,
Springer.

Rosenbaum, Elana (2005). Living Well with Cancer Through Mindfulness, Satya House.

Santorelli, Saki (1999). Heal Thyself: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine, Bell Tower.

Segal, Zindel V; Teasdale, John D.; Williams, J.M.D. (2002). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for
Depression, Guildford.

Shapiro, Shuana L. and Carlson, Linda E. (2009). The Art and Sciences of Mindfulness: Integrating
Mindfulness into Psychology and the Helping Professions, American Psychological Association.

Schoeberlein, Debroah (2009). Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness, Wisdom Publications.

Siegel, Ronald D. (2010). The Mindfulness Solution:Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems, Guildford
Press.

Williams, Mark; Teasdale, John; Segal, Zindel; Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2007). The Mindful Way Through
Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, Guildford.

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