Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Awareness requires only that we pay attention and see things as they are. It doesn't require that we change anything.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment.… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Allow your attention to gently alight on your belly, as if you were coming upon a shy animal sunning itself on a… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Most of the time, if you're not really paying attention, you're someplace else. So your child might say, "Daddy, I want this,"… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Science is now documenting that it's not the objects of meditation that are important, it's the process of paying attention to them… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Karma is often wrongly confused with the notion of a fixed destiny. It is more like an accumulation of tendencies that can lock us… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“One practical way to do this is to look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
I thought it was a stroke of genius that Hans Selye used the word stress, because it's true that if you don't know how… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“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 Copy Share
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them… Without knowing it, we are… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“In fact, even if distraction does alleviate your pain or help to cope with it some of the time, bringing mindfulness to it can… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
