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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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"The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment."
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"Perhaps ultimately, spiritual simply means experiencing wholeness and interconnectedness directly, a seeing that individuality and the totality are interwoven, that nothing is separate or extraneous."
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"You make problem-solving way harder when you're disconnected from the problem and from yourself."
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"Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing."
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"We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now."
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"The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness."
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"Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it."
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."
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"The little things? The little moments? They aren't little."
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"Wherever you go, there you are."
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"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."
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