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PLEASE GUYS : KEEP THIS A elib EXCLUSIVEIT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO OCR AND EDIT THE BOOK PLUS THE EXPENSE OF PURCHASING THIS PRODUCTPRODUCT INTRODUCTION:This product is a complete introduction and guide to practising Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The core of the program is a structured 8 week program to get you into the meditations and then onto doing them yourself and integrating mindfulness (non judgemental awareness) into your daily life. Think of mindfulness meditation as a way of accessing your Observing Ego as described by Doctor Paul in his Inner Game product. Mindfulness meditation is one of the methods of Buddhist meditation.There are two parts to this product. The CD series contains the actual guided meditations – Guided Mindfulness Meditation series 1. Then there is the book, Full Catastrophe Living which is a companion product to the CDs.Mindfulness meditation is genuine meditation. It is not about playing funny 3D noises in your headphones and falling asleep or hypnotising yourself. It requires application and discipline. But it is a very rewarding experience. There are no short cuts to genuine inner game improvement. Possible benefits (amongst others) that you will/might experience includeStress reduction, increased energy and sometimes feelings of blissInsight into yourself and also your relationship with othersIncreased self-awareness, self-trust, and self-acceptanceEnhanced appreciation of lifeSerenity in the face of difficultiesMore accepting attitude toward life and its challengesMore fluid adaptation to change and development of more effective coping strategiesSignificant decreases in anxiety and depressionImproved concentration and creativityImproved immune system functioningLasting decreases in a variety of stress-related physical symptoms, including chronic painDecreased symptoms secondary to cancer Jon Kabat-Zinn is without a doubt one of the foremost Western “spokespersons” for Mindfulness Meditation. He has done the most to popularise it and make it accessible to ordinary folk like us in the West. Refer to one of his websites Mindfulnesstapes.com.If I remember correctly his work is cited by Daniel Goleman, the author of Emotional Intelligence and Larry Rosenberg, the author of  Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation (I have this book too and may OCR it one day as well).Refer below for the Amazon.com product page for the book. This product received 5/5 rating from customer reviews.EXPLANATION BY AUTHOR OF MINDFULNESS MEDITATIONAs you probably know, mindfulness is a 2,500 year old practice that received its most elaborate articulation within Buddhist meditative traditions, but which is in essence universal, in that it is all about cultivating our capacity to pay attention and refine awareness. Mindfulness, or moment to moment non-judgmental awareness, is nothing less than a way to connect with a deep sense of comfort, balance, insight, and freedom within our own lives, both physically and emotionally. It is a way to embody sanity, clarity, and harmony in the present moment, even in very trying times and circumstances. It is profoundly healing, both for ourselves and for our relationships with other people and with the whole of our world. But it does require regular cultivation. It involves some discipline in giving ourselves over to a time for daily formal practice, and in bringing open-hearted attention to all aspects of our lives.Mindfulness is a systematic and highly reliable way for us to get back in touch with ourselves and with what is most important in our lives, not in some remote future, but in the only moment we ever inhabit, this one. It invites us to become skillful in expanding the field of our awareness to include the entirety of our experience, starting very close to home, with our own body and our own breathing, then moving out from there as the heart grows larger and more loving, the body more peaceful and alive, and the mind more spacious.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is a meditation teacher, writer, and scientist. He is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was founder (in 1979) and former director of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic and founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society.He is the author of Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness; Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life; and co-author, with his wife, Myla, of Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful ParentingTogether with his colleagues, he has published numerous scientific papers on the clinical applications of mindfulness in medicine. His work has been featured in the Bill Moyers PBS special, Healing and the Mind, as well as on Oprah, Good Morning America, and in numerous print media.PACKAGE CONTENTS: I ripped the audio tracks using mp3 at 64kbps VBR. I checked, they are very clear and audible. There are four audio tracks;A guided body scan meditation   (Disc 1)A guided mindful yoga meditation #1 (Disc 2)A guided sitting meditation (Disc 3)A guided mindful yoga meditation #2 (Disc 4)The PDF files I created to go with this upload contains the following information;An edited OCR of pertinent chapters from his companion book Full Catastrophe LivingIntroductionChapter 1 : You Have Only Moments to LiveChapter 2 : The Foundations of Mindfulness PracticeChapter 3 : The Power of BreathingChapter 4 : Sitting MeditationChapter 5 : Being in Your Body – The Body Scan techniqueChapter 6 : Cultivating Strength, Balance and Flexibility – Yoga is MeditationChapter 7 : Walking MeditationChapter 8 : A Day of MindfulnessChapter 9 : Really Doing What You’re Doing – Mindfulness in Daily LifeChapter 10 : Getting Started in the PracticeChapter 13 : On Healing (LovingKindness meditation excerpt)Chapter 34 : Keeping Up the Formal practice (meditation sticking points)Chapter 35 : Keeping Up the Informal practiceChapter 36 : The Way of AwarenessReading ListAn edited OCR of the pamphlet that comes with the CDs,Information on the authorNotes from the author on mindfulness in generalA Guide to using the guided meditation CD’sA copy of the Wikipedia entries onMindfulness meditation and further linksThe author Jon Kabat-Zinn and further linksPlease note, the book has 36 chapters and is over 450 pages long. I cannot OCR the whole book at this point (I also don’t have my own scanner).AMAZON.COM PRODUCT PAGE EXCERPT FOR THE BOOK “FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING” : Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illnessby Jon Kabat-ZinnXXXXX (5/5 stars) (37 customer reviews)  Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comKabat-Zinn, founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is perhaps the best-known proponent of using meditation to help patients deal with illness. (The somewhat confusing title is from a line in Zorba the Greek in which the title character refers to the ups and downs of family life as “the full catastrophe.”) But this book is also a terrific introduction for anyone who has considered meditating but was afraid it would be too difficult or would include religious practices they found foreign. Kabat-Zinn focuses on “mindfulness,” a concept that involves living in the moment, paying attention, and simply “being” rather than “doing.” While you can practice anything “mindfully,” from taking a walk to cleaning your house, Kabat-Zinn presents several meditation techniques that focus the attention most clearly, whether it’s on a simple phrase, your breathing, or various parts of your body. The book goes into detail about how hospital patients have either improved their health or simply come to feel better despite their illness by using these techniques, but these meditations can help anyone deal with stress and gain a calmer outlook on life. “When we use the word healing to describe the experiences of people in the stress clinic, what we mean above all is that they are undergoing a profound transformation of view,” Kabat-Zinn writes. “Out of this shift in perspective comes an ability to act with greater balance and inner security in the world.” –Ben KallenReview“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 their life.”–Dean Ornish, M.D., author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for the Reversal of Heart DiseaseBook Description“Happy 15th birthday to one of the great classics of mind/body medicine! More than any other, Full Catastrophe Living is the book that enabled Americans to discover the inner life. This book has brought peace of mind to hundreds and thousands of people and healed countless lives. This is your chance to let it heal yours.”–Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom