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In Meditation for Optimum Health, you will join best-selling authors Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn for a practical introduction that makes it simple to enjoy the life-changing benefits of meditation A-even if you've never tried it before.

How does meditation work? Can anybody do it? What do I need to get started? Is it religious? Does it have the power to heal?

If you have psoriasis, you may find this meditation helpful in mobilizing and maximizing your innate capacities of mind and body to enhance healing and the clearing of your skin. The recording is meant to be "done" rather than simply passively listened to. That means following along with the guidance as best you can and practicing what is being suggested from moment to moment and through the stretches of silence.

We think we know what meditation is - especially in an era when "mindfulness" has improbably rocketed into the mainstream. Millions of people around the world have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But there's no hard-and-fast rule that says you have to meditate in a certain way, in a particular place, or following a specific tradition. So what is meditation anyway? And why might it be worth trying? Or nurturing further if you already have practice?

Mindfulness is about paying attention to things we ordinarily overlook. This meditation helps us bring mindfulness to the table while eating. Jon Kabat-Zinn is your guide in this beginner-friendly foundational exercise, which opens the doorway to the experience of mindfulness. Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses.

In this audio program, Dr. Kabat-Zinn takes the listener to his Massachusetts Stress Reduction Clinic for demonstrations of sitting, prone, and standing meditation, as well as testimonials from stressed-out patients who found some peace through his program. He also discusses Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond and quotes James Joyce. He discusses a study the clinic conducted augmenting ultraviolet light therapy with meditation for psoriasis patients.

In this exclusive online program, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, sits down with our very own Steve Stein to discuss the ever-growing importance of mindful living in the frantic, technologically burdened 21st century. In this StreetSmart Conversation, the two native New Yorkers cover topics such as: the Digital Sabbath; the science of mindfulness; mindful parenting; coping with real-world challenges and living mindfully in a world of digital distraction; and to round out the talk, Jon leads the viewer through a 10-minute meditation.