Cultivating Familiarity
Mindfulness involves cultivating familiarity and intimacy with aspects of everyday experience that we often take for granted.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Training to Become Intimate with the Workings of One’s Own Mind
“There's nothing wrong with thinking. So much that is beautiful comes out of thinking and out of our emotions. But if our thinking is not balanced with awareness, we can end up deluded, perpetually lost in thought, and out of our minds just when we need them the most.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Nothing Has To Change
"When we start to pay attention in an intentional and nonjudgmental way, as we do when we cultivate mindfulness, and thus bring ourselves back into the present moment, we are tapping into very deep natural resources of strength, creativity, balance, and yes, wisdom—interior resources that we may never have realized we even possess."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Cultivating Mindfulness
“To be present, it helps to purposefully bring awareness to your moments – otherwise you may miss many of them.”
John Kabat-Zinn