Guided Mindfulness Meditation Series 1: A Complete Guided Mindfulness Meditation Program from Jon Kabat-Zinn

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Perhaps no other person has done more to bring mindfulness meditation into the contemporary landscape of America than Jon Kabat-Zinn. Through a number of research studies, and through Kabat-Zinn's pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he is founder of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, mindfulness is finally being recognized as a highly effective tool for dealing with stress, chronic pain, and other illnesses.

Now with this four-part home training course, Jon Kabat-Zinn offers listeners the definitive mindfulness meditation practice on CD. We are not trying to actively achieve a state of deep relaxation—or any other state for that matter—while practicing mindfulness, he teaches. But interestingly, by opening to an awareness of how things actually are in the present moment, we often taste very deep states of relaxation and well-being of both body and mind.

Join the bestselling author of Coming to Our Senses (Hyperion, 2005) and Wherever You Go, There You Are (Hyperion 1995) to develop and deepen your personal mindfulness practice, and to taste the universal aspects of stillness, clarity, wisdom, compassion, and well-being that Guided Mindfulness Meditation offers.

Course

Utilize body and mind meditations in daily practice
Practice mindful yoga with clear, safe and simple instructions
Describe the basic state of being which is present awareness
Compare the results of unmoving, sitting meditation to a movement meditation such as mindful yoga

Genres: Self Help, Meditation, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Buddhism, Audiobook, Psychology

4 pages, Audio CD

Published September 1, 2005

About the author

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., 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.

He is the author of numerous scientific papers on the clinical applications of mindfulness in medicine and health care, and of a number of books for the lay public: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (Delta, 1991); Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994); Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness (Hyperion, 2005); and Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness (Hyperion, 2007). He is also co-author, with his wife Myla, of Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (Hyperion, 1997); and with Williams, Teasdale, and Segal, of The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Guilford, 2007). Overall, his books have been translated into over 30 languages.

His major research interests have focused on mind/body interactions for healing, clinical applications of mindfulness meditation training, the effects of MBSR on the brain, on the immune system, and on healthy emotional expression while under stress; on healing (skin clearing rates) in people with psoriasis; on patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation; with prison inmates and staff; in multicultural settings; and on stress in various corporate settings and work environments. His work in the Stress Reduction Clinic was featured in Bill Moyers’ PBS Special, “Healing and the Mind” and in the book of the same title, as well as on Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and NPR. It has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions such as medicine, and psychology, health care and hospitals, schools, corporations, the legal profession, prisons, and professional sports.

He has trained groups of CEOs, judges, members of the clergy, and Olympic athletes (the 1984 Olympic Men’s Rowing Team) and congressional staff in mindfulness. The Stress Reduction Clinic has served as the model for mindfulness-based clinical intervention programs at over 200 medical centers and clinics nation-wide and abroad.
Dr. Kabat-Zinn has received numerous awards over the span of his career. He is a founding fellow of the Fetzer Institute, and a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He received the Interface Foundation Career Achievement Award, and the New York Open Center’s Tenth Year Anniversary Achievement in Medicine and Health Award (1994); the Art, Science, and Soul of Healing Award from the Institute for Health and Healing, California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco (1998); the 2nd Annual Trailblazer Award for “pioneering work in the field of integrative medicine” from the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California (2001); the Distinguished Friend Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2005), and an Inaugural Pioneer in Integrative Medicine Award from the Bravewell Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine (2007).

He is the founding convener of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, and serves on the Board of the Mind and Life Institute, a group that organizes dialogues between the Dalai Lama and Western scientists to promote deeper understanding of different ways of knowing and probing the nature of mind, emotions, and reality. He was co-program chair of the 2005 Mind and Life Dialogue: The Clinical Appl

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are the four audio-cds that go along with "Full Catastrophe Living." Both are by the author Jon Kabat-Zinn. The only things that some may find problematic are Kabat-Zinn's vocal/speech mannerisms (a bit of nasal twang and a tendency to breathe after only a few words) but once you get used to his sound, it really becomes a non-issue. Another downside is that each CD is a 45-min. session, and not everyone has that amount of time to devote to meditation and/or yoga each day. But I'll tell you, if you even do a little of it, it really helps.

[Layla Chloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyable to listen. Great narrative, audio experience.

AudioBook format:
Guided Mindfulness Practices with Jon Kabat-Zinn – Series 1

A friend recommended this Jon Kobat-Zinn guy to help me relax when I get ready to go sleep at night. I primarily use the first CD which is Zinn speaking to you in a soothing way, telling you stretch your toes, then one foot, then the other, etc. It goes slowly as each part of your body is relaxed ........the CD is 45 minutes long but I have always fallen asleep before the end. The other 3 CDs are yoga oriented which is okay, I like the deep breathing techniques the best. Just do it! Simple as that. Its the hardest easiest most natural but full of boundaries to cross and discover. Its about being the person you are but somehow that can be very hard. Staying in the moment is about living with every breath. Simple as it is - you may discover more then going around the world in 48 hours or less... These CD sets were a great price point for such an effective form of relaxation/meditation. Good luck and do the practice.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this audio since it's relaxing. I like the full body scan and it makes you feel refreshed. I wish I could find more visulazation type CD's though.

[Danni · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was fun.

[Mrs Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to meditation

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audio - I liked the first part that was a nice relaxing guided meditation. The end was a movement meditation I’ve done walking meditations but not sure about this one.

[Dodie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This audio book has 4 different meditation. I liked the book but preferred Where Ever You Go There You Are.

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Narrator reminds me of that old cartoon about Dr. Katz. This will probably work well for some, but not a good match for me.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great meditation practice that helped me through a very difficult moment.

[Gabriella · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very relaxing guided meditation and gentle yoga audiobook. Borrowed it from Libby. Would recommend and would also recommend the author in general!

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good walk-through on mindfulness that emulates a coach accompanying you through mindfulness meditation.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just... No. The breathing. His, not my relaxed breathing but listening to his while he waxed on about why meditation is a good thing. That isn't quite what helps me meditate. And his random "ommmm"s? He may be great in lecture but not so much on a meditation cd. False advertising, maybe?

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enrolled in the MBSR course and was required to listen to these CDs. The CDs are a great introduction into mindfulness, especially Mindful Yoga. I personally do not find his voice to be very soothing but his methods and the lessons learned from my MBSR course are so valuable to my every day life.

[Lyla]

This is the first in a series of 3 CD sets with guided meditation sessions. This set includes two CDs with basic Hatha yoga. I used this set in between stress management classes I took at Kaiser.

[Kristen-Marie Freeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook. An effective guided relaxation publication.

[James Biser · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good guided meditation.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

good program for stress reduction

[Chad Kohalyk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just four guided meditations. I prefer his seated stuff, but I still went through the Hatha stuff he presented, which will be good for some people.

[Reforming · Rating 1 out of 5]

I listened to part of the second in this series. While I like to read Kabat-Zinn, I find his nasal voice very annoying. Cannot use it for guided meditation myself. Others might not mind.

[Steven Agate · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it

[David Eusebiu · Rating 3 out of 5]

The way of meditation!

[Wanvisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Guided-Meditation Practices!