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Professor of medicine · Mindfulness teacher

Jon Kabat-Zinn.

“Breathe and let be... Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine. He created the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and helped bring mindfulness meditation into mainstream medicine.

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“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness.”

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Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Spirituality · 1994

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn, who helped bring mindfulness into Western medicine, offers short chapters on how to practise mindfulness in daily life. The book is simple, practical and doesn't require any religious belief.

Three big ideas

  1. Mindfulness is paying attentionIt means paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, without judging.
  2. You can't escape yourselfWherever you go, you bring your mind with you. Change starts with seeing it clearly.
  3. Just sitFormal practice can be as simple as sitting quietly and noticing your breath.
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