Mindfulness for All: The Wisdom to Transform the World

The author's book, WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE, changed the way we thought about awareness in everyday life. He followed that up with COMING TO OUR SENSES, which is being repackaged into 4 smaller books, each focusing on a different aspect of mindfulness. In the fourth book, MINDFULNESS FOR ALL, Kabat-Zinn focuses on how mindfulness can transform the world, explaining how democracy thrives in a mindful context and why it is a vital tool for personal and global understanding and action. By coming to our senses, we can become more compassionate, embodied, and aware human beings and contribute to the healing of the body politic and our own lives.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 192 pages
\n Publication date: 07 February 2019
\n Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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More than two decades ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn revolutionized our understanding of awareness in everyday life with his seminal introduction to mindfulness, WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE. He further deepened our understanding of the profound connection between mindfulness and our overall well-being with his groundbreaking book, COMING TO OUR SENSES, published in 2005. This definitive work explores the multifaceted relationship between mindfulness and various aspects of our lives, including physical, cognitive, emotional, social, planetary, and spiritual dimensions.

Now, the essence of COMING TO OUR SENSES is being reimagined in four smaller volumes, each dedicated to exploring a distinct aspect of mindfulness. Each book features a new foreword penned by the author, adding fresh insights and perspectives to this timeless wisdom. In the fourth installment of this series, MINDFULNESS FOR ALL, originally published as Part VII and Part VIII of COMING TO OUR SENSES, Kabat-Zinn delves into the transformative power of mindfulness. He demonstrates how mindfulness can be a catalyst for positive change on a global scale, highlighting how democracy thrives in a mindful context and why mindfulness is an essential tool for personal and collective understanding and action in our turbulent times.

By embracing our senses, both physically and metaphorically, we have the potential to evolve into more compassionate, embodied, and aware human beings. Through this journey, we can contribute to the healing of not only our own lives but also the collective well-being of the body politic in ways that may seem small but hold immense significance.

\n Weight: 248g\n
Dimension: 153 x 233 x 14 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780349421131\n \n