The SQUEEZE: Jon Kabat-Zinn’s influence changed the way we think about everyday life, becoming more aware of mindfulness as a technique. Today, Kabat-Zinn encourages us to connect mindfulness with physical and spiritual well-being. In Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness, Kabat-Zinn offers a narrative laden with scientific rigor and poetic deftness. Kabat-Zinn examines the mysteries of the mind and the body, describing ways we can reach a deeper understanding by using our senses. Kabat-Zinn also suggests that we can reach this understanding by using our beauty, genius, and complicated experiences. The book is structured in eight parts, with each focused on a facet of designing ways to heal ourselves and our world. Kabat-Zinn’s Coming to Our Senses is both a literal and metaphorical exploration of innate connectedness.

Notable Endorsement: "...whimsical, wise, genuine, intimate, surprising, scholarly, liberating, brilliant, and practical look at how we can become who we fully are..." -- Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

Common Q’s Answered by this Book:

• How might the influence of innate connectedness contribute to the changing of society nationally and the earth globally?
• What are techniques of mindfulness that help to provide insight into everyday living?
• What are examples of some ways to reach a deeper understanding by using one or more of our senses?

About the Author: Jon Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society housed on the University of Massachusetts Medical School campus. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Master Seung Sahn and a founding member of the Cambridge Zen Center. Kabat-Zinn’s practice of yoga and studies with Buddhist teachers led him to integrate their teachings with those of Western science. Kabat-Zinn teaches mindfulness meditation as a technique, helping people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. Mindfulness meditation is a type of stress reduction program created by Kabat-Zinn and it is offered at medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations. Recent titles of his work include: Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life (2001); Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (1997); and Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain, and Illness Using Mindfulness Meditation (1996). Kabat-Zinn received his Ph.D. in molecular biology in 1971.  

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Publisher: Hyperion (January 2006)