# The Mindful Way Through Depression - by Professor Mark Williams etc By Professor [[Mark Williams]] This was the first meditation book I read. I learned to meditate from it, starting in 2012. The second edition is now out. See [Guildford Press](https://www.guilford.com/books/The-Mindful-Way-through-Depression/Williams-Teasdale-Segal-Kabat-Zinn/9781462553921) ## The Guided Meditations 1. Body Scan - 29 mins 2. Mindful Standing Yoga - 11 mins 3. Mindfulness of the Breath - 11 mins 4. Mindfulness of the Breath and Body - 10 mins 5. Mindfulness of Sounds and Thoughts - 11 mins 6. The Breathing Space - 4 mins #Books/Mindfulness %% - **"Depression hurts"** - What a great way to begin a book about meditation! When you have low mood it's hard to wade through a long introduction; you need to get to the good stuff efficiently. The statement also lets us be heard and our suffering validated. - #Action Read the beginning of the book to see what else he says. This might be a Post. %%