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“Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.”

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor known for his contributions to mindfulness meditation and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Born on June 5, 1944, he is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the founder and director of the Center for Mindfulness. more

“My father was a world-class scientist and my mother was a prolific painter. I could see that my parents had completely different ways of knowing and understanding the world, and relating to it. My father approached things through scientific inquiry and exploration, while my mother experienced things through her emotions and senses.”

“One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that's been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.”

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“Sometimes shutting off the sound on the television can allow you to actually watch the game and take it in in an entirely different and more direct way - a first-order, first-person experience - rather than filtered through the mind of another.”

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Book:Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life

Source: Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life

Quote by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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