“This means learning to work with the very stress and pain that are causing you to suffer.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“There are no drugs that will make you immune to stress or to pain or that will by themselves magically solve your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I started the Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979. The idea of bringing Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism into the mainstream of medicine… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
You can bring together the body's various systems to fine tune the body and mind in order to navigate life's ups and… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I thought it was a stroke of genius that Hans Selye used the word stress, because it's true that if you don't… — 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
