Pebbles and Pearls [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Jon Kabat-Zinn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2005

Across America, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is known as the clinical researcher and teacher who dared to bring mindfulness practice out of the meditation hall and into the most prestigious pain management center in the country. On Pebbles and Pearls, Kabat-Zinn turns his attention to another challenge-how ordinary people can use meditation in the arenas of the workplace and the family. Join him as he shares how to use the office as a meditation center, advice about mindful parenting, grounding yourself in your body, how to work with overwhelming emotions, and much more.

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How to use the magic of mindfulness meditation in the everyday world of work and family, --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Featured in Bill Moyer's PBS Special Healing and the Mind, Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD. is executive director at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He is the founder and former director of the UMMC Stress Reduction Clinic and an associate professor of medicine in the division of preventive and behavioral medicine. Using mindfulness meditation, Kabat-Zinn works to help people reduce stress and deal with chronic pain, and a variety of illnesses, particularly breast cancer. He was a trainer for the 1984 U.S. Men's Olympic Rowing Team and is especially interested in reducing the stress-related problems in the inner city and in prison populations. Kabat-Zinn's books include: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (1991); Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (1994) and Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (1997), which was co-authored with his wife, Myla.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (October 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591793912
• ISBN-13: 978-1591793915
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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168 of 174 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As usual, excellent insights from Jon Kabat-Zinn, March 23, 1999

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This review is from: Pebbles and Pearls (Audio Cassette)

Don't pay attention to the description on the back of the box as well as that given in the beginning of Tape 1--the content in the tapes is actually quite broad. These descriptions inaccurately reduce the tapes' actual content. The tapes are actually live recordings of a presentation Dr. Kabat-Zinn gave at a Zen conference of some sort in San Francisco about mindfulness in everyday life. The sound quality might not be top-notch, but, for me, this didn't matter.

Dr. Kabat-Zinn, as always, speaks with such sincerety, conviction, and plain logic, that you'll find his messages on embracing the present--no matter how painful or ugly--hard not to take to heart. While he is talking to an audience of people who had gathered for the conference, you feel as if you are right there with them all.

The 2-hour "Pebbles and Pearls" is separated into 15 minute segments, two of which are guided meditiations (with the audience participating), and the rest of which are explanations and encouragement about incorporating mindfulness into everyday situations. You might find the material more familiar, and therefore more helpful, if you have heard or read some of Dr. Kabat-Zinn's previous works.

If you feel stressed, that something is just not right, that something is missing in your life, or experience chronic anxiety, pain, or depression, then you should listen to what he has to say.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pebbles & Pearls, November 14, 2007

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This review is from: Pebbles and Pearls (Audio CD)

I liked these meditations, however they are each 45 minutes long. That is a very long time for me to sit.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Chat from Jon, May 12, 2008

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Will Shakespeare "Art Appreciator" (British Columbia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pebbles and Pearls (Audio CD)

I have gotten so much good from the writings of Mr. Kabat-Zinn, especially his book and CD on depression. This was, for me, a meandering talk that made me wonder why he bothered to issue it. I felt like my money had been wasted.