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Since we’re in the season of gratitude and mindfulness, it’s a great time to post about Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor Emeritus of Medicine of the UMass Medical School. Among other things, he is the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which I had the privilege of taking in early 2018.
For this week’s post, I’m including a short, 5-minute guided video meditation by Dr. Kabat-Zinn that was presented as part of his class on MasterClass.com (I was fortunate enough to take this class also). While the subscription to MasterClass is somewhat pricey, the meditation below is free.
The video requires little time investment and will pay back rewards in spades. I hope you enjoy!
There are a number of other meditations and talks by him available on YouTube. If you currently don’t have a mindfulness meditation practice, I encourage you to give yourself a gift by looking him up. His videos are the perfect place to start.
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This is such a wonderful post! I’ve heard great things about Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and his work on mindfulness-based stress reduction. The free guided meditation you shared is truly a gift. Thank you for sharing! I’m curious, have you tried any other mindfulness meditations by Dr. Kabat-Zinn? If so, do you have any recommendations?
Johanna Casiddy
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Hi Johanna,
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! One of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “flagship” meditations is the Mountain Meditation. It is a lovely visualization that enables you to immerse yourself into the scene that he paints, and I’ve found it to be excellent. I posted the script to it some months ago (written by him), but truly it’s worth listening to him lead it: https://youtu.be/yW_-d84Igxw?si=mhNs9XOkCHizQuIt. If for whatever reason you’d prefer someone else’s voice, there are videos of his script being read by other teachers (just search for “Mountain Meditation” on YouTube). I hope you enjoy it!
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