Here for Now: Living Well with Cancer through Mindfulness

"You have here the priceless opportunity to explore the power of mindfulness in the service of coming to terms with things as they actually are--a good way to think of healing--and above all, you have the priceless opportunity to come to know yourself intimately,in ways that may make all the difference. As the poet Kabir put it,"Fantastic!Don't let a chance like this go by!" Jon Kabat-Zinn "A unique treasure...a book that is both a genuinely useful how-to book with exercises that are creative and engaging and a page-turner of a compelling and inspiring story." Sylvia Boorstein

Elana Rosenbaum, MS,MSW,LICSW, a cancer survivor, integrates her years of experience as a psychotherapist with her practice of insight meditation to help people live fully and well, whether they are cancer patients or coping with the stress of daily life. She is adjunct faculty at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society, where, for over eighteen years, she was a senior instructor in mindfulness-based stress reduction. She has taught meditation to cancer patients on the transplant unit in hospitals and outpatient settings, including the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She also teaches at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is founder of Mindful Living and co-founder of Retreats to Renew, providing training and workshops for spas, businesses, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions.