A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook [With CD (Audio)]

Stress and pain are nearly unavoidable in our daily lives; they are part of the human condition. This stress can often leave us feeling irritable, tense, overwhelmed, and burned-out. The key to maintaining balance is responding to stress not with frustration and self-criticism, but with mindful, nonjudgmental awareness of our bodies and minds. Impossible? Actually, it's easier than it seems.

In just weeks, you can learn mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a clinically proven program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living. MBSR is effective in alleviating stress, anxiety, panic, depression, chronic pain, and a wide range of medical conditions. Taught in classes and clinics worldwide, this powerful approach shows you how to focus on the present moment in order to permanently change the way you handle stress.

As you work through A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, you'll learn how to replace stress-promoting habits with mindful ones―a skill that will last a lifetime.This groundbreaking, proven-effective program will help you relieve the symptoms of stress and identify its causes so that you can start living a healthier, happier life.

Bob Stahl, Ph.D., founded and directs mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs in five medical centers in the San Francisco Bay area. A longtime mindfulness practitioner, Stahl has completed MBSR teacher certification at University of Massachusetts Medical Center and has lived in a Buddhist monastery for more than eight years. Stahl also serves as an adjunct senior teacher for Oasis, the institute for mindfulness-based professional education at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., is a psychologist and MBSR and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy teacher in private practice in west Los Angeles. He is author of the audio CD series Mindful Solutions, which deals with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and success at work. He is a professional blog writer for psychcentral.com and mentalhelp.net. Goldstein conducts workshops, radio interviews, and lectures on the therapeutic benefits of mindfulness.

Foreword writer Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is author of numerous books, including Full Catastrophe Living and Coming to Our Senses.

Afterword writer Saki Santorelli, Ed.D., MA, is executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society and an associate professor of medicine in the division of preventive and behavioral medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has been the director of the renowned Stress Reduction Clinic since 1996 and has made pioneering advances in mind-body and integrative medicine.