The Importance of Not Idealizing Our Mindfulness Practice

It's important to not idealize the mindfulness practice. Use these emotions as opportunities for awakening, not as a prison for your mind and lifestyle. Subscribe to Sounds True for more:

Join Jon Kabat-Zinn for an exploration of the question:
"Why Mindfulness Matters—and Why It Might Matter to You!"


This free video is an introduction to Jon’s eight-week online learning intensive, Opening to Our Lives—coming October 2019. In it, you will discover what a regular mindfulness meditation practice can do for you.

JON KABAT-ZINN, PHD, is a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded the world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic in 1979. MBSR programs have now spread around the world to hospitals, clinics, schools, and other institutions. Jon also founded the university's Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society in 1995. He is the author of 14 books translated into over 40 languages, including Full Catastrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There You Are; Mindfulness for Beginners; and the new four-volume series of the revised Coming to Our Senses.

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