Jon Kabat-Zinn | Mindfulness as Pure Awareness Guided Meditation

Perhaps no other person has done more to bring mindfulness meditation into the contemporary landscape of America than Jon Kabat-Zinn. Through a number of research studies, and through Kabat-Zinn's pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he is founder of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, mindfulness is finally being recognized as a highly effective tool for dealing with stress, chronic pain, and other illnesses. Subscribe to Sounds True for more: http://bit.ly/2EAugMf Join Jon Kabat-Zinn for an exploration of the question: "Why Mindfulness Matters—and Why It Might Matter to You!" http://bit.ly/OpeningOurLives Meditation is a tool for discovering ourselves—our embodied presence, authentic feelings, and inspirations. For the past 25 years, Sounds True has had the privilege of recording many of today’s leading meditation teachers from diverse spiritual traditions. Sounds True Selects: The Power of Meditation I invites you to experience for yourself the countless benefits of regular meditation practice: https://www.soundstrue.com/store/sounds-true-selects-2022-2427.html A care package for the Sounds True community: In response to the growing uncertainty and heightened stress during this unprecedented time, we have created this special digital care package to help you navigate the coming days with mindfulness, compassion, and presence. Please share and enjoy these free resources—we can all use some support! https://product.soundstrue.com/resilience-in-challenging-times/ Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society in 1995, and its world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic in 1979. He is the author of 14 books, including the bestsellers Full Catastrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There You Are; and Mindfulness for Beginners, and the new four-volume update of Coming to Our Senses (2108/2019). His books are published in over 40 languages. His work has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions such as medicine, psychology, health care, neuroscience, schools, higher education, business, social justice, criminal justice, prisons, the law, technology, government, and professional sports. At last count, 700 hospitals, clinics, and medical centers around the world now offer MBSR programs. Jon received his scientific training in molecular biology at MIT in the laboratory of the Nobel laureate Salvador Luria. He lectures and leads mindfulness workshops and retreats around the world. Sounds True was founded in 1985 by Tami Simon with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Since starting out as a project with one woman and her tape recorder, we have grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 1500 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time, and an ever-expanding family of customers from across the world. In more than three decades of growth, change, and evolution, Sounds True has maintained its focus on its overriding purpose, as summed up in our Mission Statement. Connect with us: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2XFIIeE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2UlEoiH Website: http://bit.ly/2tOl02d

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