Customer Reviews

Mindfulness for Beginners

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I've really enjoyed this 2-disc CD set. With-in the first CD Jon defines mindfulness and its benefits (living moment to moment, awareness as a sixth sense, non-judging, non-striving, letting go, etc), while the second CD consists of six fairly short (10-18min) guided meditations.

There's a certain style of how Jon speaks (and writes, as I'm currently reading his book called Everyday Blessings)...he has these run-on sentences that work for him, as each sentence has such wonderful prose and clarity. And he's personable, and humorous, and thought-provoking. There's a lot of talk during the guided meditations, which can slightly distract the mediator, but for beginners I think this "chatting" may be beneficial to help focus the mind to stay present.

I didn't know what to expect from this because nobody really reviewed the content... I think the first CD is good but he packs a great deal of information into each piece and he speaks quite quickly so it is difficult for me to process much... I always feel I'm behind and trying to understand the first piece but he's already many steps ahead... Since I didn't really understand the background, I feel like the meditations are lost on me... I like the item but I think I would have been better off buying a book and, once I had become comfortable with the material, moving to the meditations.

A good introduction to mindfulness. Some great ideas not only about meditation but also about general stress, physical and emotional. The tone of this CD is not as easy as the audio book by the same author called Full Catastrophe Living.

This book contains a lot of useful information. It is presented well and even people rather unfamiliar with the concept will enjoy it. It is written in a clear simple format and entices the reader to look further.

I found this to be very disappointing. I had purchased this CD, because it had been recommended in a German magazine I was reading. I have had a lot of stress in my life lately and thought it would help me reduce stress and teach me about mindfulness. I found Jon Kabat Zinn's voice very irritating and this CD, unfortunately, did nothing for me to reduce my stress. I can't get into this at all.