Jon Kabat-Zinn
American molecular biologist, meditation teacher, and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) — the eight-week protocol developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979 that introduced mindfulness meditation into mainstream Western medicine, education, and corporate life. A student of Zen masters Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Seungsahn, and of yoga teacher Robert Thurman, he stripped Buddhist meditation of its religious context and presented it as an evidence-based practice for chronic pain, anxiety, and stress. The MBSR curriculum has now been studied in thousands of clinical trials and adopted in hospitals, schools, prisons, and Fortune 500 companies worldwide. His books — Full Catastrophe Living, Wherever You Go There You Are, Coming to Our Senses — have sold millions of copies and shaped how an entire generation thinks about attention.
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Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn
101 quotes“Mindfulness gives you back to yourself.”
“In every cell, the body says yes to life.”
“To pay attention is to be human.”
“You don't need to fix yourself to begin practice. You begin where you are.”
“Mindfulness is a way of life, not a technique to be applied.”
“In attention, the world becomes intimate.”
“Stop. Take a breath. Notice the body. The practice is everywhere.”
“You are awake. You may not always know it. The practice helps you remember.”
“In each pause, the universe offers itself.”
“Awareness allows. It does not control.”
“The sky in your mind is wider than any cloud.”
“In sitting, the body settles. In settling, the mind clears. In clearing, the heart opens.”
“You don't have to escape your life to find peace. You can find it in your life.”
“The full catastrophe is the full splendor.”
“Make of your life a practice. Make of your practice a life.”
“In each moment, awareness is the gift you give yourself.”
“Mindfulness is love made conscious.”
“In the breath, you find yourself. In the body, you find yourself. In the moment, you find yourself.”
“The real meditation is how you live your life.”
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