Coming to our senses : healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness / Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kabat-Zinn, Jon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meditation.

Mental healing.

Meditation--Therapeutic use.

Stress, Psychological--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

Meditation.

Stress, Psychological--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

xiii, 631 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hyperion, [2005]

Summary:

As stress continues to exact a toll on everyday life, people are increasingly turning to meditative methods, tested by science, to relieve its ill effects and become more focused, healthy, and proactive. Kabat-Zinn is a leader of the mind/body revolution in medicine and health care, demystifying it and bringing it into the mainstream. This book offers insight into how to use the five senses -- touch, hearing, sight, taste, and smell, plus awareness itself -- as a path to a healthier, saner, and more meaningful life.

Contents:

Meditation : it's not what you think

The power of attention and the dis-ease of the world

The sensory world : your one wild and precious life

Embracing formal practice : tasting mindfulness

Healing possibilities : the realm of mind and body

Arriving at your own door

Healing the body politic

Let the beauty we love be what we do.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [611]-615) and index.

ISBN:

0786886544

0786867566

9780786867561

OCLC:

57254284

Publisher Number:

99946276405