Jon Kabat-Zinn has been a key player bringing mindfulness meditation to the mainstream. In 1979, he introduced the now world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, a meditation therapy used to treat a variety of illnesses. In this episode, Kabat-Zinn talks about the importance of awareness and why now, more than ever, having awareness and being present in each moment is vital. He says meditation doesn't end when you get off the cushion. Rather, we should view every moment in life as a meditative practice.

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Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Website: https://www.mindfulnesscds.com/
Books: https://www.mindfulnesscds.com/pages/books-by-jon-kabat-zinn
Previous podcast: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jon-kabat-zinn-75

Podcast References
Spaceship Earth by Buckminster-Fuller: https://www.amazon.com/Operating-Manual-Spaceship-Buckminster-Fuller/dp/3037781262
Calmer Choice on Cape Cod: https://calmerchoice.org/
MIT Study of mindfulness with middle school children: http://news.mit.edu/2019/mindfulness-mental-health-benefits-students-0826
Jon Kabat-Zinn Forward for “Current Opinion in Psychology”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X19300211?via%3Dihub
Ram Dass: https://www.ramdass.org/

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