Jon Kabat-Zinn - Full Catastrophe Living

Jon Kabat-Zinns classic work on the practice of mindfulness to alleviate stress and human suffering stands the test of time, a most useful resource and practical guide. I recommend this new edition enthusiastically to doctors, patients, and anyone interested in learning to use the power of focused awareness to meet lifes challenges, whether great or small.

A NDREW W EIL , M.D., author of
Spontaneous Happiness and
8 Weeks to Optimum Health

How wonderful to have a new and updated version of this classic book that invited so many of us down a path that transformed our minds and awakened us to the beauty of each moment, day-by-day, through our lives. This second edition, building on the first, is sure to become a treasured sourcebook and traveling companion for new generations who seek the wisdom to live full and fulfilling lives.

D IANA C HAPMAN W ALSH , P H .D.,
president emerita of
Wellesley College

When first published, Full Catastrophe Living provided the language, attitude, and pragmaticsindeed an entire weltanschauungto enable those of us drawn to these ideas to refine their application and increase their clinical impact. The second edition of Full Catastrophe Living builds on this foundation by seamlessly extending and expanding Jon Kabat-Zinns visionary work, a singular beacon of clarity for integrating a 2,500-year-old science of mind with twenty-first century management of stress, pain, and related disorders.

Z INDEL V. S EGAL , P H.D. , distinguished professor of
psychology in mood disorders, University of Toronto,
and co-developer of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Full Catastrophe Living is a timeless classic, a door opener to the world of mindfulness. The revised edition gives the cutting edge view on stress science, within historical context, followed by wise instruction on the simple grace of mindful living.

E LISSA E PPEL , P H .D., professor, Department of
Psychiatry, University of California,
San Francisco, and stress scientist

In this revision and expansion of his landmark Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn charts for us a wise path of living with nuance, care, and irrepressible wonder. Drawing upon decades of experience working with thousands of individuals, he connects personal stories with up-to-the-minute research findings to teach us how to harness intelligent awareness in ways that will profoundly lessen our loads and help us find joy even in the hardest things in life. This book can change your life. Take the invitation!

C LIFFORD S ARON , P H .D., UC Davis Center for Mind and
Brain, and principal investigator, The Shamantha Project

Jon Kabat-Zinns impact on transforming the lives of millions of people worldwide to experience inner peace and joy via mindfulness meditation is truly epic. Full Catastrophe Living shows you how.

D EAN O RNISH , M.D., founder and president, Preventive
Medicine Research Institute, clinical professor of medicine,
University of California, San Francisco, and
author of The Spectrum

Every mindfulness teacher I know considers this book indispensable, and frequently consults it even after they have been teaching for several years. Yet it is also easily accessible to the lay reader who is brand-new to mindfulness. For people without access to an actual MBSR program, this book provides an invaluable tool to begin transforming their lives.

S ARA L AZAR , P H .D., Massachusetts General
Hospital and Harvard Medical School

This book represents a revolution in the way we now think of stress, change, and our capacity for presence and love. Filled with new research, new insights, and new stories, Full Catastrophe Living is again defining the forward edge of thinking about happiness and how we can experience itfor our own deep benefit and for the benefit of our friends, families and communities.

S HARON S ALZBERG , author of
Lovingkindness and
Real Happiness

In this brilliant and comprehensive book, Jon Kabat-Zinn shares the depth of his meditation experience and the breadth of its application in the world. Through the concise and extremely pragmatic meditation exercises, the wealth of the science explaining their benefits, and the many compelling personal stories, Full Catastrophe Living offers the way to a balanced and mindful life.

J OSEPH G OLDSTEIN , author of
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening and
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism

With beautiful and compassionate clarity, Jon Kabat-Zinn shows us how to cultivate mindful awareness, to learn from the obstacles that arise in nourishing it, and to recognize its fruits. Updated in the light of the latest evidence, we see clearly the extraordinary transformation in evidence-based integrative medicine that his work has brought about throughout the world. The first edition was the turning point in the field of medicine for the end of the twentieth century, and this edition will inspire a new generation in the twenty-first. An extraordinary achievement.

M ARK W ILLIAMS , P H .D., professor of
clinical psychology, University of Oxford

With cutting-edge neuroscience research presented along the journey, this book is a trusted companion to the heart of MBSR. A foundational book in the modern canon of mindfulness.

A MISHI J HA , P H .D., director of
contemplative neuroscience,
University of Miami Mindfulness
Research and Practice Initiative

Neuroscience is teaching us that positive experiences can change the architecture of our brains and, through that, improve the health of our bodies. Full Catastrophe Living is a highly readable and practical guide for harnessing the power of mindfulness to enhance brain and body health.

B RUCE M CEWEN , P H .D., Alfred E. Mirsky Professor,
head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology,
The Rockefeller University

The second edition of Full Catastrophe Living is a masterpiece of mindfulness, science, and practice. In precise, yet poetic, language Jon Kabat-Zinn presents us with a guide to Participatory Medicine: actively and fully engaging in taking charge of our health and well-being by building on our already existing inner resources for learning, growing, and healing. Truly a new paradigm for living and healing.

B ESSEL VAN DER K OLK , M.D., medical director of
Trauma Center at JRI, co-director of
National Complex Trauma Treatment
Network, and professor of psychiatry,
Boston University School of Medicine

We are at a critical moment in the health and healing of our countryfor our veterans, for the public, for healthcare professionals, and the system itself. I believe the fundamental element of this healing is mindfulness, and once again Jon Kabat-Zinn teaches usas only he canthe way forward. He shows us the way to open our hearts in every moment of every day, and gives our lives and our well-being back to usas individuals, and as a society.

T RACY W. G AUDET , M.D., director,
VHA Office of Patient Centered Care and
Cultural Transformation

Twenty-five years after the first edition of Full Catastrophe Living, the hundreds of thousands of people all over the world who have utilized Kabat-Zinns Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program to improve their lives will want to read this thoughtful update and recommend it to their friends.