Full Catastrophe Living

Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

By: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Narrated by: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

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 audiobook shows you how to use natural, medically proven methods to soothe and heal your body, mind, and spirit. By using the practices described within, you can:

• Learn to manage chronic pain resulting from illness and/or stress related disorders
• Discover the roles that anger and tension play in heart disease
• Reduce anxiety and feelings of panic
• Improve overall quality of life and relationships through mindfulness meditation and mindful yoga

More timely than ever before, Full Catastrophe Living is an audiobook for the young and the old, the well, the ill, and anyone trying to live a healthier and saner life in today’s world.

©2007 Jon Kabat-Zinn (P)2007 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A practical guide not only to mindfulness meditation and healing, but daily life." (Joseph Goldstein, author of One Dharma)
"Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn eloquently explains the power of paying attention and increasing awareness. I strongly recommend this book for everyone who wants to begin healing [to] their life." (Dean Ornish, M.D.)

Treasure, For Sure

I have danced with meditation for years...on and off. Mostly off. So this book comes as a welcome milestone in my experience. I have a far better understanding of and have received excellent instruction through this reading. More than I have learned from myriad sources in the past. I now experience a consistent, daily practice. Thank you, JKZ!

Enjoyed the Audible more than the book!

Kabat-Zinn’s voice was so soothing that I felt like I was meditating to life advice for the entire six hours! And I’ll likely do it again! So much great advice and information as well!

A+

Best book on mindfulness, meditation ever

without a doubt, it's the best book I have ever read on meditation and mindfulness. It is so thorough in the explanations of what meditation is, how to perform it, what to expect and not expect, what mindfulness is, what it is not and how it affects every part of your life. I can't say enough goods things about it. Wish i had read this decades ago.

Just What I Needed

This book was an excellent listen. It started out slowly for me, but then got better. The author includes practices to try and clear explanations. The end of the book was a great culmination and was a message I needed to hear in my life right now.

Classic Must Hear!

JKZ is a wonderful guide to opening your present moments to being alive in your life…now.

Greatest mindfulness audio book

I have been listening to this audio book for almost a hundred times. My life has changed because of it.

Excellent

Have listened to it several times . Constantly learning . Jon is the master of masters . A must have book in written form and on audible.

Easy and Straightforward approach to mindfulness

Really a great guideline into mindfulness and how applicable it is in your own life.

Critical Information for Everyone

I appreciated the content, tone and flow. I only wish I had read this earlier in my life, BUT, it is never too late.

Sound Science & Profound Ageless Principles

This is an audio look I will lister to again and again. The author does a masterful job of conveying Eastern insights so they are accessible to my Western mind.

I an going to buy the paper book version so I can highlight and tate written notes.