title: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life and Exercises & Meditations
author: Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D.
description: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher who has been instrumental in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine, healthcare, and society. He is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, founder of its Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society and of the world-renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) clinic. He is the best-selling author of several books, including Full Catastrophe Living, Wherever You Go, There You Are and Coming to Our Senses.
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  **Praise for** _ **The No-Nonsense Meditation Book**_
  
  ‘Clear, lively, rigorous and authentic... The book we have been waiting for.’
  
  _Ilios Kotsou, PhD, Chair in Mindfulness, Grenoble School of Management_
  
  ‘Steven Laureys’ book opens up exciting perspectives.’
  
   _Matthieu Ricard, PhD, Buddhist monk & translator of the Dalai Lama_
  
  ‘Not reading this is self-defeating.’
  
   _Paul Witteman, Dutch journalist and TV presenter_
  
  ‘Dr Laureys provides an unusually cogent and compelling description of
  different forms of meditation and why we should care about them. The book is
  both a tutorial and a guide, and helps the reader understand large bodies of
  scientific work — and their implications for everyday life. This book gives
  new meaning to the idea of “mental exercise”, and I recommend it to all who
  seek to have more focused and directed behaviour and a deeper understanding of
  their place in the world.’
  
   _Stephen M. Kosslyn, PhD, President Emeritus, Harvard Unive