Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and IllnessStress. 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 book 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 a book for the young and the old, the well, the ill, and anyone trying to live a healthier and saner life in today’s world. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Contents
Nourishing the Domain | 59 |
The BodyScan Technique | 75 |
Yoga | 94 |
Walking Meditation | 114 |
Mindfulness | 132 |
Getting Started in the Practice | 140 |
Introduction to the Paradigm | 149 |
On Healing | 168 |
Working with Fear Panic and Anxiety | 333 |
Time and Time Stress | 349 |
Sleep and Sleep Stress | 362 |
People Stress | 368 |
Role Stress | 380 |
Work Stress | 386 |
Food Stress | 396 |
World Stress | 410 |
Moving Toward | 185 |
Evidence That Beliefs | 199 |
Connectedness | 219 |
Stress | 235 |
One Thing You Can Be Sure Of | 242 |
Stuck in Stress Reactivity | 248 |
Responding to Stress Instead of Reacting | 264 |
Listening | 277 |
Your Pain | 283 |
More on Pain | 300 |
Your Suffering Is Not You But There Is Much You Can Do to Heal It | 319 |
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