Buddhist Meditation in Stress Management

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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This book gives insight into the many aspects of stress, and shows how we can develop skillful ways to deal with stress and prevent burnout and other stress-related complaints. The author examines the various forms of stress we experience at work and in our private lives, giving particular attention to the causes of stress. He also explains the important role that awareness plays in managing and preventing stress, then looks at insight meditation as a practical method of mindfulness training and as a path to inner freedom. After describing the benefits of insight meditation, he reveals how it can improve our energy management and help us recover from or prevent burnout.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-03-12
Mått140 x 203 x undefined mm
Vikt204 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBuddhist Meditation in Stress Management
Antal sidor199
FörlagSilkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
ISBN9789749511299

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Frits Koster has been practicing Vipassana meditation for twenty-eight years, and has lived and practiced as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in Southeast Asia for five years. In 1988 he returned to the Netherlands, and he has been facilitating meditation retreats in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Ireland ever since. He disrobed in 1994 and now works part-time in psychiatric health care and teaches courses in Buddhist psychology and philosophy. He is the author of Liberating Insight and The Web of Wisdom.

PrefaceIntroductionPart I. The Phenomenon of StressA Definition of StressStress as Human StrategyForms of StressPart II. Sources of StressSources of StressStress at Work and in SocietyInner Sources of StressPart III. Stress ManagementCopingInadequate Coping with StressStress as a Cause of IllnessDealing Skillfully with StressStress: How You Can Help YourselfPart IV: Formes of Individual Stress ManagementTai Chi ChuanNeuro-Linguistic ProgrammingTransactional AnalysisTime ManagementPart V: AwarenessAwareness as the Foundation for Good Stress ManagementThe Buddhist Perspective on the Unconsious: The Four Nobel TruthsThe Chain of Conditioned OriginationWays Leading to WisdomPart VI: Meditation in Stress Management and Burnout PreventionMeditationThe Fruits of AwarenessAwareness and Stress ManagementInsight Meditation as a Remedy for Burnout SymptomsThe Art of BeingAppendix: Symptoms of BurnoutRecommended Reading