Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World

by Mark Williams, Danny Penman, Jon Kabat-Zinn (Foreword by)

Overview

The life-changing international bestseller reveals a set of simple yet powerful mindfulness practices that you can incorporate into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and exhaustion.

Mindfulness promotes the kind of happiness and peace that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage.

Based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), the book revolves around a straightforward form of mindfulness meditation which takes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. MBCT has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs for depression and is widely recommended by US physicians and the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence—in other words, it works. More importantly it also works for people who are not depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world.

MBCT was developed by the book's author, Oxford professor Mark Williams, and his colleagues at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto. By investing just 10 to 20 minutes each day, you can learn the simple mindfulness meditations at the heart of MBCT and fully reap their benefits. The book includes links to audio meditations to help guide you through the process. You'll be surprised by how quickly these techniques will have you enjoying life again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609618957
Publisher:	Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date:	11/13/2012
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	40,059
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.22(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Mark Williams is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and a Research Fellow at Oxford and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He is the author of The Mindful Way Through Depression. He lives in England.

Danny Penman, PhD, is a feature and comment writer for the UK's Daily Mail. After gaining a PhD in biochemistry, he worked for The Independent and the BBC. He lives in England.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Foreword Jon Kabat-Zinn ix

1 Chasing Your Tail 1

2 Why Do We Attack Ourselves? 15

3 Waking Up to the Life You Have 32

4 Introducing the Eight-Week Mindfulness Program 56

5 Mindfulness Week One: Waking Up to the Autopilot 67

6 Mindfulness Week Two: Keeping the Body in Mind 90

7 Mindfulness Week Three: The Mouse in the Maze 111

8 Mindfulness Week Four: Moving Beyond the Rumor Mill 136

9 Mindfulness Week Five: Turning Toward Difficulties 161

10 Mindfulness Week Six: Trapped in the Past or Living in the Present? 185

11 Mindfulness Week Seven: When Did You Stop Dancing? 211

12 Mindfulness Week Eight: Your Wild and Precious Life 238

Notes 253

Resources 265

Index 270

Editorial Reviews

Want a happier, more content life? I highly recommend the down-to-earth methods you'll find in this book. Professor Mark Williams and Dr. Danny Penman have teamed up to give us scientifically grounded techniques we can apply in the midst of our everyday challenges and catastrophes.” —Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

“Peace can't be achieved in the outside world unless we have peace on the inside. Mark Williams and Danny Penman's book gives us this peace.” —Goldie Hawn

“This is an inspiring program for anyone caring about his or her own health and sanity.” —Jon Kabat-Zinn

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