Jon Kabat-Zinn

Categories: Health | Wellness | Meditation | Society & Culture | Belief & Thought
    • Born: June 5, 1944
    • Areas of work: Scientist, Lecturer, Writer, Meditation Teacher
    • Specialization: Mind-Body Mediicine, Effects of mindfulness meditation
    • Degree(s): Ph.D., Molecular biology from Massachussetts Institute of Technology
    • Wife: Myla Kabat-Zinn
    • Children: Will, Naushon and Serena http://wapedia.mobi/en/Jon_Kabat-Zinn
    • Founded: Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, University of Massachussetts Medical School

  • Mindfulness Meditation Research Achievements of Jon Kabat-Zinn

    Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor emeritus with the University of Massachusetts whose major research pursuits lie in the emerging field of mind / body medicine. His primary with the focus is on the clinical, social, and human performance effects of mindfulness meditation training for people with chronic pain, stress / anxiety related disorders, and / or a wide range of chronic diseases with a particular focus on breast cancer.

    Dr. Kabat-Zinn has also worked with multi-ethnic and multi-racial inner city communities experiencing high psychosocial stress due to poverty and associated conditions, as well as inmates and corrections personnel in the prison system. Among these and other achievements, he has researched the effects of regulated attention on healing processes. http://www.umassmed.edu/Content.aspx?id=41252

    This page on Dr. Kabat-Zinn has listings of some of the books he has published, quotes, relevant links, blogs and news related to his works. In addition, you will find a Mahalo answers section to questions that have been asked in the past. If you have a question, please ask in the question box provided to the right of this page.

  • Other Major Research Contributions

    • Effects of regulated attention on healing processes
    • Stress in medical education
    • Cost effectiveness of Mind-Body interventions for stress in medical education
    • Stress related to work and organizational re-engineering
    • The Tao of work
    • Mindfulness in the physician-patient relationship
    • Development of psychological resilience to stress.
    • Mindfulness-based curricula and implementation in primary and secondary education
    • Achieving optimal performance in athletes through mindfulness meditation training

  • Books of Jon Kabat-Zinn

    Best Sellers: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (1991), and Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (1994)

    • Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, (1997), co-authored with Myla Kabat-Zinn

    • Coming to Our Senses (2005)

    • The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, co-authors J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale and Zindel V. Segal (2007).

  • Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes

    1. "We don't have a health care system; we have a disease care system." http://www.kwanumzen.org/primarypoint...>
    2. It's not a matter of letting go—you would if you could. Instead of "Let it go," we should probably say "Let it be." http://www.gaia.com/quotes/jon_kabat-zinn#ixzz0Rn0zTbVf
    3. "The habit of ignoring our present moments in favor of others yet to come leads directly to a pervasive lack of awareness of the web of life in which we are embedded. This includes a lack of awareness and understanding of our own mind and how it influences our perceptions and our actions. It severely limits our perspective on what it means to be a person and how we are connected to each other and the world around us. Religion has traditionally been the domain of such fundamental inquiries within a spiritual framework, but mindfulness has little to do with religion, except in the most fundamental meaning of the word, as an attempt to appreciate the deep mystery of being alive and to acknowledge being vitally connected to all that exists."
    4. "Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe. "

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