Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
280 Pages

The time-honored national bestseller, updated with a new afterword, celebrating 10 years of influencing the way we live.

When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. In honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword by the author, and to share this wonderful book with an even larger audience.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, as well as Professor of Medicine emeritus. He leads workshops on stress reduction and mindfulness for doctors and other health professionals and for lay audiences worldwide. He is the bestselling author of Wherever You Go, There You Are and Full Catastrophe Living, and, with his wife Myla Kabat-Zinn, a book on mindful parenting, Everyday Blessings. He was featured in the PBS series Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers, as well as on Oprah. He lives in Massachusetts.

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This Book Taught Me to Save Myself from Stress

By Sarah Callhoun, Little Rock, AK

I've struggled with stress for most of my life, taking medication and even seeking psychological therapy. While these techniques worked to varying degrees, I always knew there must be a way to deal with without the use of prescriptions or therapy. A friend of mine suggested I read Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go, There You Are. This book has saved my sanity and my life! Written in small chapters, the author explores how meditation can be the ultimate therapeutic tool to dealing with one's stress. While reading this book, it almost seemed like the author knew exactly what I was going through in my life. This is clearly because these meditation techniques can be used by anyone dealing with stress in their lives! This book is such a gift and has truly improved my life.