I don't want people following Jon Kabat-Zinn. I want them following themselves. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of 'spiritual' truth. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The Zen people from Ancient China, "When you're walking, just walk." It turns out to be the hardest thing. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
If you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody's having conversations anymore. They're sitting… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much… — 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
"Resting in awareness" is one of those phrases used a lot by people who practice mindfulness. But when I tried to do… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
People say things that get you ramped up. I find myself, as my body clenches up when somebody says something that I… — 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 - the attending - that actually influences the organism in a whole range of different ways. The brain changes significantly enough to impact thought, emotion, and other biological functions. Today, people recognize that they're not going to find… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
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
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
The importance of the development of the emotional body is hardly recognized today. We are pretty much left to our own devices… — 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 into particular behavior patterns, which themselves result in further accumulations of tendencies of a similar nature... But is is not necessary to be a prisoner of old karma. — 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 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 the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
