The finale to the Mindfulness Summit, this guided live meditation starts at 9pm this evening UK time. This is a rare and precious occasion where we can all come together as a community for a time of shared presence. It’s also a gesture of our shared intention to create a more kind conscious and connected …
In honour of John Kabat-Zinn’s forthcoming trip to the UK, I thought I’d post a series of mini-interviews that he recorded back in January 2013. If you want to see him in the flesh there are still tickets available to see him in London on the following dates. 27th March – International Mindfulness in Schools …
This documentary from Jon Kabat- Zinn, the creator of the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress reduction (MBSR) programme, was made in 1999 to commemorate 20 years of work done at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre. Some 14 years later, the Stress Reduction Clinic has grown and expanded into the …
Jon Kabat-Zinn talking at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in Silicon Valley at the end of February 2012.
This practice of meditation can be a solitary affair. At some point or other we start to question the validity of what we are doing. The devil on our shoulder, the doubting thomas, the inner critic, they can all come knocking, finding some traction and a sympathetic ear. Isn’t there something better, more useful that …