Best quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn on Mind

Checkout quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn on Mind

• ‟ Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much of the day in terms of what we do, what we react to, and how we feel.

  - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  

• ‟ Sometimes shutting off the sound on the television can allow you to actually watch the game and take it in in an entirely different and more direct way - a first-order, first-person experience - rather than filtered through the mind of another.

  - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  

• ‟ Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

  - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  

• ‟ The mind that has not been developed or trained is very scattered. That's the normal state of affairs, but it leaves us out of touch with a great deal in life, including our bodies.

  - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  

• ‟ The notion that the mind and body are actually different sides of the same coin goes all the way back to the origins of medicine. For most of its history, the practice was not separated from other aspects of human activity.

  - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  

• ‟ I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both. But you have to learn how to get along. I did an awful lot of fighting. I was tough, but I'm also relatively small, so I learned very early on to use my mind.

  - Jon Kabat-Zinn