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
See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Meditation is like farming... the right soil is required to grow anything, nothing will grow if the soil is polluted by striving… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Perhaps ultimately, spiritual simply means experiencing wholeness and interconnectedness directly, a seeing that individuality and the totality are interwoven, that nothing is… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Peace is something that we can bring about if we can actually learn to wake up a bit more as individuals and… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years.… — 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
See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment… — 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
It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say.… — 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
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
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 Image
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 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 sustaining that… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“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 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 know how… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
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 Image
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
