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Jon Kabat-Zinn, born on June 5, 1944, is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is widely credited with bringing mindfulness meditation into mainstream medicine and society. more Jon Kabat-Zinn, born on June 5, 1944, is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is widely credited with bringing mindfulness meditation into mainstream medicine and society. In 1979, Kabat-Zinn developed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which integrates mindfulness meditation with medical science to treat chronic pain and stress-related disorders. His 1990 book, "Full Catastrophe Living," outlines the principles of MBSR and remains a seminal text in the field of mindfulness. Kabat-Zinn’s work has been instrumental in the growing acceptance of meditation and mindfulness practices in clinical settings. less

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"It's not really about the yoga. It’s about your life. It's about the waking up to your own inner work and life, cultivating always a beginner's mind."
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"Mindfulness is not just about meditation, it's about living in a way that respects and engages with reality."
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"When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting."
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"There are no mistakes, only opportunities for learning."
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"Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally."
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"Patience is an ever present alternative to the mind's endemic restlessness."
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"Life only unfolds in moments."
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"Too much of our lives takes place in the head, in memory or imagination, in speculation, in projection, in abstraction."
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"Meditation is the process of learning to meet your thoughts and feelings with interest and kindness rather than fear and self-judgment."
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"Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at its core is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else."
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"Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else."
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"Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience."
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"We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up to find the true light."
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"Healing comes out of the practice itself, when we are able to be with ourselves."
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