Meditation Is Not What You Think: Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important

Welcome to a master class in mindfulness.

Jon Kabat-Zinn is regarded as "one of the finest teachers of mindfulness you'll ever encounter" (Jack Kornfield). He has been teaching the tangible benefits of meditation in the mainstream for decades. Today, millions of people around the world have taken up a formal mindfulness meditation practice as part of their everyday lives. But what is meditation anyway? And why might it be worth trying? Or nurturing further if you already have practice?

Meditation Is Not What You Think answers those questions. Originally published in 2005 as part of a larger book entitled Coming to Our Senses, it has been updated with a new foreword by the author and is even more relevant today. If you're curious as to why meditation is not for the "faint-hearted," how taking some time each day to drop into awareness can actually be a radical act of love, and why paying attention is so supremely important, consider this book an invitation to learn more--from one of the pioneers of the worldwide mindfulness movement.

• Falling Awake: How to Practice Mindfulness in Everyday Life
• The Healing Power of Mindfulness: A New Way of Being
• Mindfulness for All: The Wisdom to Transform the World
• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
• Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life(Book & CD))
• Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
• Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
• Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster
• Guided Mindfulness Meditation Series 1: A Complete Guided Mindfulness Meditation Program from Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting