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The healing power of meditation : leading experts on Buddhism, psychology, and medicine explore the health benefits of contemplative practice / edited by Andy Fraser.

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Boston : Shambhala, 2013.

Meditation -- Therapeutic use.

Meditation -- Buddhism.

Buddhism -- Psychology.

9781611800593 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1611800595 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xxi, 225 pages ; 22 cm

Foreword / by Daniel Goleman -- Introduction -- Part one. Buddhist perspectives on meditation and health. Understanding the mind and meditation: a Buddhist approach to well-being / Sogyal Rinpoche -- Meditation methods in the Buddhist tradition / Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche -- Part two. The science of meditation. The benefits of meditation: a scientific reality / Frédéric Rosenfeld -- Training the mind: the Shamatha project / Clifford Saron -- Meditation and emotion / Erika Rosenberg -- Meditation and neuroscience / Sara Lazar -- Part three. Mindfulness in health care. Mindfulness-based interventions in medicine and psychiatry: what does it mean to be "mindfulness-based"? / Jon Kabat-Zinn -- Therapeutic applications of meditation: mindfulness-based stress reduction / Edel Maex -- Mindfulness in the treatment of depression: observations of a "decentered" clinician / Lucio Bizzini -- Mindfulness in a palliative-care setting / Ursula Bates -- Part four. Meditation and spiritual care. Using meditation to improve standards of care and "well-treatment" / Cathy Blanc -- Being present when we care / Rosamund Oliver.

"This wide-ranging anthology brings together pioneering Tibetan Buddhist teachers, scientific researchers, and health professionals to offer fascinating perspectives on the mind and emotions, new studies and firsthand accounts of how meditation is being applied to great effect in health and social care today."--

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