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Mental health Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Mindfulness means paying attention to each moment without judging it, just noticing what is happening. Kabat‑Zinn says that generosity, patience, letting go, and trust are parts of a strong mindfulness practice. He compares the mind to a wavy ocean and says mindfulness can sit beneath the waves, accepting every feeling.

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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

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Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

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Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness.

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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.

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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.

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Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your…

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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

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Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body,…

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Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another.

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Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

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“It is not that mindfulness is the “answer” to all life’s problems. Rather, it is that all life’s problems can be seen…

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“[M]indfulness does not involve trying to get anywhere or feel anything special. Rather it involves allowing yourself to be where you already…

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“By grounding yourself in mindfulness early in the morning, you are reminding yourself that things are always changing, that good and bad…

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Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full…

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“There can be no resolution leading to growth until the present situation has been faced completely and you have opened to it…

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It's the nature of the mind to drift away. The mind is like the Pacific Ocean, it waves. And mindfulness has been…

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Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it's also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of…

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Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all…

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“Life only unfolds in moments. The healing power of mindfulness lies in living each of those moments as fully as we can,…

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Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment…

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“In this regard, cultivating mindfulness is not unlike the process of eating. It would be absurd to propose that someone else eat…

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“Mindfulness has to do with waking up and living in harmony with oneself and with the world. It is examining who we…

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“[L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was…

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The importance of the development of the emotional body is hardly recognized today. We are pretty much left to our own devices…

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“From the perspective of the consciousness disciplines, our ordinary state of waking consciousness is severely suboptimal. Rather than contradicting the Western paradigm,…

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“In fact, even if distraction does alleviate your pain or help to cope with it some of the time, bringing mindfulness to…

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“As much as I can, I avoid using the word "spiritual" altogether. I find it neither useful nor necessary nor appropriate in…

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“When it comes right down to it, the challenge of mindfulness is to realize that “this is it” Right now is my…

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The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means…

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"Resting in awareness" is one of those phrases used a lot by people who practice mindfulness. But when I tried to do…

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Mindfulness is a way to rebalance ourselves. Instead of being lost in thought, or caught up in emotional upheaval, we can tip…

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Another way to look at meditation is to view thinking itself as a waterfall, a cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness, we…

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Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be…

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In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some…

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“we are simply inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can…

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“The challenge of mindfulness is to work with the very circumstances that you find yourself in - no matter how unpleasant, how…

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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…

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“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.”

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

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

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“In fact, even if distraction does alleviate your pain or help to cope with it some of the time, bringing mindfulness to it can…