Bob Stahl, Ph.D. founded and directs mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs in three medical centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. A longtime mindfulness practitioner, he has completed MBSR teacher certification at University of Massachusetts Medical Center and lived in a Buddhist monastery for more than eight years. Bob also serves as 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.
"The biggest challenge for any do-it-yourself course is to include
exercises that people will actually want to stop and do. In this
book, the exercises are skillfully introduced along with spaces
that remind the reader, 'This part is up to you to do now!' I think
readers will start practicing immediately with confidence that the
program will show results."
--Sylvia Boorstein, author of Happiness Is an Inside Job, It's
Easier than You Think, and That's Funny, You Don't Look
Buddhist
"This book, along with the CD giving mindfulness meditation guided
sessions, provides an excellent overview of how the practice of
mindfulness can be a very effective stress reduction
intervention."
--G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., professor and director of the Addictive
Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington
"This is an excellent, systematic, helpful, and practical workbook.
Doing these practices brings many blessings. They will reduce your
stress and truly transform your life."
--Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., author of The Wise Heart, A Path with
Heart, and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
"Bob Stahl and Elisha Goldstein have woven an inspiring tapestry of
illuminating insights and practical exercises that can transform
your life and even help you build a stronger brain. Inspired by
their work as teachers of the research-proven Mindfulness-Based
Stress Reduction Program, the authors have provided a step-by-step
approach to bringing this scientifically grounded approach into
your daily life. Mindfulness has been demonstrated to effectively
help us live with less stress, fear, and anxiety and to cultivate
more ease, connection, and well-being in our lives. This workbook
makes mindfulness understandable and offers a carefully laid-out
plan to achieve a healthier and more meaningful life. There is no
time like the present to bring these pearls and practices of wisdom
into your life. Why not start now?"
--Daniel J. Siegel, MD, codirector of the University of California,
Los Angeles Mindful Awareness Research Center and author of
Mindsight and The Mindful Brain
"For anyone drawn to a path of mindfulness, this workbook will
provide a clear and accessible companion. Authors Bob Stahl and
Elisha Goldstein expertly guide readers through a rich assortment
of mindfulness practices and reflections, providing invaluable
tools for handling stress and living life with presence and
heart."
--Tara Brach, Ph.D., author of Radical Acceptance
"I found this workbook informative, helpful, and user-friendly. It
is filled with pragmatic tools to keep the practitioner on track
and would be beneficial to all who read it."
--Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness, A Heart as Wide as the
World, and Faith
"This book is an excellent guide to the life-changing practice of
mindfulness. In these pages, you will find the missing piece, the
hidden truth, and the open secret. Mindfulness saved my life and
transformed my world. This workbook offers the key to health,
happiness and freedom. Read it, work it, practice it, and be
free."
--Noah Levine, MA, author of Dharma Punx and Against the Stream
"This fine book is about the unburdening of the mind and the
release of our inherent wisdom. It breaks the hard sternum of our
resistance and opens the lotus of the heart. The method that ends
our madness."
--Stephen Levine, author of Who Dies?, A Year to Live, and
Unattended Sorrow
"We are such a stressed society that many of us are stressed about
how stressed we are. Books abound that give us more information.
But A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook takes a far more
helpful approach. It takes you by the hand and leads you step by
step. If you want your life to have greater balance and peace, if
you want to live with less stress and more joy, I can't recommend
this beautiful offering highly enough."
--John Robbins, author of Healthy at 100, Diet for a New America,
and Reclaiming Our Health
"What a delight it has been too review this beautifully written,
deeply important book that offers readers a path toward a new life
balance. For those interested in knowing more about what it is that
has excited so many in the fields of medicine, psychology,
neuroscience, and education, this book is a mind-opening volume
that will clarify the key concepts of mindful meditation. Those who
simply want to find ways to reduce stress and anxiety will find it
to be an extraordinary aid. Those in a program of mindfulness-based
stress reduction will find this book an invaluable addition to
their training. A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook adds
depth to the practice of mindfulness for everyone, from beginning
practitioners to experienced teachers of mindfulness stress
reduction classes."
--Marion Solomon, Ph.D., director of training at the Lifespan
Learning Institute and author of Love and War in Intimate
Relationships
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