| "Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness | | | | you will get much more from the book if you not |
| Meditation In Everyday Life" by Jon Kabat-Zinn is | | | | only read it, but contemplate on what the author |
| not your ordinary "how to" meditate book. | | | | is trying to get across. I know this helped me. |
| Through short passages, the author helps you | | | | This moment is all we really have to work with, |
| cultivate mindfulness, in essence, wakefulness, in | | | | and this book helps us realize that and regain |
| one's own life. | | | | touch with ourselves in the moment of now. The |
| Regardless if you are new to mediation or a | | | | suggestions and instructions in this book will help a |
| longtime practitioner, I feel the passages in | | | | person's meditation practice as well as help |
| "Wherever You Go There You Are" will resonate | | | | understand the purpose behind meditating in the |
| within and assist you in reclaiming the richness of | | | | first place. Part one explores the rational and |
| all of your moments. | | | | background for taking on or deepening a personal |
| Some of the concepts you may know, but have | | | | practice of meditation. Part two explores some |
| you really thought of them? Do you apply them? | | | | basic aspects of formal meditation practice. And |
| I liked that Kabat-Zinn points out that there really | | | | part three explores a range of applications and |
| is no "right way" to practice, since mediation is a | | | | perspectives on mindfulness. Many of the |
| personal thing. However, there are practices that | | | | chapters end with explicit suggestions for |
| can assist you with getting more from your | | | | incorporating aspects of both formal and informal |
| mediation. There are over 70 "Chapters" or | | | | mindfulness practice into one's life. |
| passages in the book, and I'd recommend not | | | | If you meditate, or want to meditate, this book |
| reading too many at a time so that you can fully | | | | has many useful suggestions and I'd recommend |
| digest what the author is communicating. I believe | | | | adding it to your meditation library. |