Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn is the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as well as the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is author of Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness; Wherever You Go, There You Are; Coming to Our Senses; and Mindfulness for Beginners. He trains, teaches, and lectures throughout the world on applications of mindfulness and is Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Articles by Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness
Breathing Meditations

The Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness

A 20-minute meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn to allow you to tap into your capacity to be in touch with your experience, and be awake and aware with no agenda other than to be awake and aware. Read More

A Guided Walking Meditation to Savor the Day
Body Scan

A Guided Walking Meditation to Savor the Day

This short walking meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn encourages you to embrace mindful awareness with every footfall. Read More

This Loving-Kindness Meditation is a Radical Act of Love
Guided Meditations

This Loving-Kindness Meditation is a Radical Act of Love

Jon Kabat-Zinn leads us in a heartscape meditation for cultivating loving-kindness, focused awareness, and deep healing of ourselves and others. Read More

A Meditation on Observing Thoughts, Non-Judgmentally
Focus & Attention

A Meditation on Observing Thoughts, Non-Judgmentally

This guided meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn lets thoughts come and go, so you can avoid getting sucked into them. Read More

A Meditation for Resting In Awareness
Guided Meditations

A Meditation for Resting In Awareness

Explore this 30-minute guided meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn to expand your sense of awareness. Read More

Why You Should Listen to Your Body
Body Scan

Why You Should Listen to Your Body

Jon Kabat-Zinn, the pioneer of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), explores the relationship between mindfulness and body awareness, and the benefits of giving the body our full attention. Plus, explore a guided body awareness meditation. Read More

An Inquiring Practice to Notice the Body
Body Scan

An Inquiring Practice to Notice the Body

This 20-minute guided meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn explores embracing sensations as they arise in the body in order to ground ourselves in the here and now. Read More

A Major Turning Point for Mindfulness in Health Care
Expert Interviews

A Major Turning Point for Mindfulness in Health Care

Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, comments on the first medical school division dedicated to studying the impact of meditation. Read More

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