jon kabat-zinn
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Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Joined January 2012
Newsom doesn't think Trump "wants another election." In a sit-down interview with POLITICO, Gavin Newsom predicted Trump does not want to leave office after his term ends. "Wake up," the California governor told the audience, "You will lose your country."
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From here out, see my ongoing posts at https://t.co/EwDqKnGKXA. As Rumi said: "Let the beauty we love be what we do" (and what we align ourselves with). "There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the earth."
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https://t.co/5g4dSuptoa. It is not over yet. One day, while important, is merely symbolic. Let's make every day meditation day, and bring greater mindfulness and heartfulness into our lives.
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World Meditation Day is an opportunity for the wider dissemination of information about the benefits of meditation as it would be beneficial for the health and well-being of people around the world.
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@volker_turk Perfect for the Winter Solstice! The healing of our world has to be our number one priority. When we drop into the present moment with openhearted wakefulness, we connect with our own hearts and with each other in ways that are profoundly healing and transformative.
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A very welcome global recognition of the healing power of meditation practices in general, and mindfulness in particular, as potential fulcra for leveraging peace and wellbeing. Now let's make every day a world meditation day through our own embodied practice.
An ancient practice, more relevant than ever: meditation. Today, the UN General Assembly declares 21 December as #WorldMeditationDay. My Office recognises the potential of meditation for health and well-being. Hear more in my talk with Jon Kabat-Zinn on mindfulness below
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It was a great honor speaking with Volker Türk about mindfulness and its healing potential on multiple levels in the incredibly stressful and yet so essential world of diplomacy on planet Earth.
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One of the most important public health crises of our time. Bravo to Vivek Murthy for diagnosing it so clearly and powerfully.
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It’s time for decisive action to protect our young people.
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https://t.co/D8t10jQN2X What the MIT students are doing now to protest MIT's collaboration with the IDF harks back to and eclipses by orders of magnitude what our grad student Science Action Coordinating Committee (SACC) and other student groups did on campus in 1969 to protest
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An incredibly thoughtful and necessary series of challenges to the global dharma community to bear witness to and demand an immediate cease-fire to put an end to the murderous horrors being perpetrated on Palestinian civilians in Gaza -- with over 40K civilian deaths, mostly
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Conversation with Rick Rubin: topics include the 30th Anniversary edition of Wherever You Go, There You Are; the origins of MBSR, and much more:
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https://t.co/N2ePqB0aEq If only the compassion and common sense of José Andrés could penetrate the hearts and heads of those who conduct US foreign policy.
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An appeal to the global insight meditation sangha and to the larger dharma community: Any contribution you are able to make to this GoFundMe campaign https://t.co/4cxrGQR9CR in support of Larry Rosenberg's recovery and care would be profoundly appreciated. More explanation and
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A message from Jon Kabat-Zinn… My dear friend and dharma broth… Team Larry Rosenberg needs your support for Donate to help with Larry Rosenberg's recovery
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I decided not to put any blurbs on the 30th Anniversary edition of WTGTYA. But with the passing of Norman Lear at 101 this week, it feels right to share the kindness he extended to me in blurbing the first edition: "Want to meet the most interesting, exciting person you will
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And for committed audiophiles, here is the Audible version of the new edition, voiced by me.
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Find quiet reflective moments in your life—and reduce your stress levels drastically—with this classic bestselling guide updated and featuring a new...
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Today is the official launch of Wherever You Go, There You Are — the 30th Anniversary Edition. Here is the link to Amazon for ease of finding:
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When was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 1 million copies to date. Thirty years later, remains...
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