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Wherever You Go, There You Are Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
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Wherever You Go, There You Are Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life Unknown - 2001

by Jon Kabat-Zinn


Summary

The time-honored national bestseller, updated with a new afterword, celebrating 10 years of influencing the way we live.When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. In honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword by the author, and to share this wonderful book with an even larger audience.

From the publisher

An inspiring and practical guide to meditation
A simple and straightforward introduction to Buddhist meditation practice from one of the country's leading authorities on stress-reduction techniques, W"herever You Go, There You Are" has as its goal a personal transformation of the listener. Dr. Kabat-Zinn has taught this two-thousand-year-old Buddhist method of relaxation to thousands of patients in his Stress Reduction Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Through mindfulness, one makes every moment count. By "capturing" the present and living fully within each moment as it happens, one can reduce anxiety, achieve inner peace, and enrich the quality of life.
With warmth and humor, "Wherever You Go, There You Are" blends stories, anecdotes, poems, images, and scientific observations with easily followed instructions. The result is a unique audio program that is part inspiration and part study guide to a revolutionary new way of being, seeing, and living.

Details

  • Title Wherever You Go, There You Are Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
  • Author Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Binding unknown
  • Edition Abridged
  • Publisher Audio Renaissance, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  • Date July 20, 2001
  • ISBN 9781559276627

About the author

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. has been a student and practitioner of meditation and yoga for three decades. He is the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts.