Second Edition, Revised and Updated
This book is the foundation of the curriculum of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a program currently available in over 720 hospitals, and clinics in the U.S. and abroad. It articulates the transformative potential of cultivating mindfulness in one’s own life in the face of stress, pain, and illness, and documents its clinical effectiveness.
A vibrant and ever-growing science of mindfulness has documented a broad range of positive effects on the brain, on gene expression, on cellular factors associated with aging, and on the immune system, as well as on our own mind and its habitual patterns. This edition makes some of the more exciting and promising of these scientific findings available to the reader, as well as explaining the benefits of MBSR for anxiety, depression, and other mental afflictions. It is meant to be a friendly guide and ongoing support if you wish to begin or to deepen a daily practice of mindfulness in your own life, especially in the face of stress, pain, or a chronic illness.