Top 12 Most Famous Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes (BEST)
12 Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes About Mindfulness (WISDOM)
“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
12 Inspirational Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes About Life (MEDITATION)
“Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Born on 5 June 1944 in New York City, United States, Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic.
Kabat-Zinn graduated from Haverford College in 1964 and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in 1971 from MIT in molecular biology.
Kabat-Zinn was introduced to meditation by Philip Kapleau and was inspired enough by the introduction to study meditation for himself.
In 1979, Kabat-Zinn founded the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Since then, his concept of Mindful Yoga has spread all over the world.
His second book Wherever You Go, There You Are, published in 1994, went on to become a national bestseller.
Kabat-Zinn is also a board member for the Mind and Life Institute.
Further Reading:
- Master of mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn: ‘People are losing their minds. That is what we need to wake up to’ – The Guardian
- Jon Kabat Zinn – A Unique Approach to Stress Reduction – Sports and the Mind
- Being Present: Jon Kabat-Zinn – Experience Life
Here are the best Jon Kabat-Zinn quotes so you can take life less seriously and learn to cherish moments that pass by with reflection.
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