Falling Awake, Jon KabatZinn
Falling Awake, Jon KabatZinn
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Falling Awake
How to Practice Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Author: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Narrator: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Unabridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Balance

Published: 08/07/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Think you have no time for mindfulness? Think again.

"Thoughtful and provocative.... The relevance of this work is unquestionable, as it leaves us inspired and optimistic that true healing really is possible" (Sharon Salzberg). For four decades, Jon Kabat-Zinn has been teaching the tangible benefits of meditation in the mainstream. Today millions of people have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But how do you actually go about meditating? What does a formal meditation practice look like? And how can we overcome some of the common obstacles to incorporating meditation into daily life in an age of perpetual self-distraction?

Falling Awake directly answers these urgent and timely questions. Originally published in 2005 as part of a larger book titled Coming to Our Senses, it has been updated with a new foreword by the author and is even more relevant today. Science shows that the tangible benefits of a mindfulness meditation practice are impossible to ignore. Kabat-Zinn explains how to incorporate them into our hectic, modern lives. Read on for a master class from one of the pioneers of the worldwide mindfulness movement.

About Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also the founding director of its renowned Stress Reduction Clinic and Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in various venues around the world. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT in 1971 in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate, Salvador Luria.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kalyn on April 30, 2019

When explaining the contents of this book out loud, to the outside ear it may sound dry due to it's focus on the mundane in everyday life. Going over the basics of sitting, standing, walking the dog, tasting food, hearing sounds, it turns everything into an art of awareness. That is in fact it's pow......more

Goodreads review by Literary on July 03, 2019

This newly reformulated text was originally part of the author’s 2005 book, Coming to Our Senses. Still fresh and applicable, it offers helpful direction on how to meditate regularly despite constant distractions in the age of social media. The benefits? Greater compassion and well-being, both for o......more

Goodreads review by Gabriella on December 12, 2024

It’s a very good meditation book that makes a lot of important points about life and what really matters. It is not strict on how to practice meditation; reminding you that you can meditate anywhere at any time. I’d recommend this to anyone pursuing a spiritual healing path......more

Goodreads review by Kira on April 14, 2024

Jon Kabat-Zinn is just so, so good. This book combines actionable advice with a narrative style that guides you into being mindful even as you are reading the book. I listened to the audio version and it felt at times like a guided meditation.......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on June 27, 2024

This man should run for president.......more