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Life Transition Coaching
Links and Resources
Coaching is an ongoing
relationship that focuses on you.
Wherever
You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation
in Everyday Life Kabat-Zinn, founder
of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the
University of Massachusetts Medical Center,
here urges readers to practice "mindfulness,"
a more than 2000-year-old Buddhist method
of living fully in the present, observing
ourselves, our feeling, others and our
surroundings without judging them. Free
of trendiness, the book presents meditation
as a natural activity that can be practiced
anytime and anywhere, without props or
trappings. Kabat-Zinn explains how to
live in the moment by taking up such techniques
as "non-doing," trust and concentration.
He shows readers meditation postures and
ways to meditate, including visualizing
mountains and lakes, and concentrating
on walking or standing. Amusing anecdotes
illustrate applications of mindfulness
in everyday life, including "Cleaning
the Stove While Listening to Bobby McFerrin,"
"Cat Food Lessons" and two chapters
on parenting as a form of meditation (children
as "live-in Zen masters"). This
warm, witty and wise guide should bring
relaxation to stressed-out people.
"Your
work is to discover your work and
then with all your heart to give
yourself to it."
- Buddha
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