Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our… — 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
Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them.... Without knowing it,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
To let go means to give up coercing, resisting, or struggling, in exchange for something more powerful and wholesome which comes out… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Nourishing the soul is the process of drinking at the life stream, coming back to one's true self, embracing the whole of… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see?… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full… — 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
“[L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“The habit of ignoring our present moments in favor of others yet to come leads directly to a pervasive lack of awareness… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The mind that has not been developed or trained is very scattered. That's the normal state of affairs, but it leaves us… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
For men and women alike, this journey is a the trajectory between birth and death, a human life lived. No one escapes… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The real meditative practice is to open up to the full range of what happens in life. And parenting is a fantastic… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“It is not that mindfulness is the “answer” to all life’s problems. Rather, it is that all life’s problems can be seen… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it's also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing something about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are… — 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 'find it, fix it 'model of medicine doesn't work any more. The U.S. healthcare system is bankrupting the country, bankrolling the… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences… — 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
