UW Health Mindfulness

Program

uwhealth.org/mindfulness(608) 265-8325

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Dan Harris

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3-Part Definition of Mindfulness3-Part Definition of Mindfulness“The awareness that emerges through

paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.”

(Kabat-Zinn, 2003, p. 145)

Intention: “on purpose”

Attention: “Paying attention”; “present moment”

Attitude: “nonjudgmentally” (Shapiro et al., 2006)

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Mindfulness as Relational“Meditation is the act of making friends

with oneself.” -Chogyam Trungpa (2005)

“Mindfulness is not only a form of attention training or form of affect regulation training, but a relational process where you become your own best friend.” - Daniel Siegel (2009)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vESKrzvgA40

In the garden of gentle sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of

wakefulness.

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