Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

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CDs

The set of five CDs, narrated by Mark Williams, cover all the practices used in Oxford’s MBCT eight-week programme:

  1. Body Scan - used daily for the first two weeks. The instructions teach us to shift attention throughout the body to explore directly sensations in the body, without having to change them or achieve any special state.
  2. Stretch and Breath - used during Week 3 of the programme (on alternate days). A sequence of five simple standing stretches bring body sensations into focus during each movement, and is followed by a sitting meditation with focus on sensations of the breath.
  3. Yoga - used during Week 3 of the programme, alternating with the Stretch and Breath. Simple stretches starting from a lying posture allow participants to explore sensations of the body in movement and stillness, and to explore the how the body has limits that can be respected without judgement and self-criticism.
  4. Sitting meditation - used daily from Week 4 of the programme. Instructions invite us to focus on the breath, the body, sounds, thoughts and feelings. We learn to see our thoughts and feelings from a new perspective, relating to them just as we relate to sounds, and discovering that thoughts often come and go like clouds in the sky.
  5. Combination CD - used daily in any combination from week 6. It contains
    1. a three minute meditation (’breathing space’),
    2. a 10 minute sitting,
    3. a 20 minute sitting, and
    4. a 30 minute period of silence with bells at 5,10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes.

How to order

The set of CDs are available from the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (OCTC). To order a set of CDs, complete an OCTC Order Form, and send with a cheque made payable to “OCTC” to:

Booklets Secretary,
Psychology Department,
Warneford Hospital,
Oxford,
OX3 7JX.

Orders cannot be processed without payment, and OCTC can only accept cheques, not credit cards. If you have any enquiries about how to purchase the CDs, please contact OCTC.

There are a number of other booklets and books (including Zindel Segal, Mark Williams and John Teasdale’s book Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression) available from OCTC. For more information about what is available, please visit their website at www.octc.co.uk

Prices

See www.octc.co.uk for current prices

All prices include postage and packaging