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Ten Percent Happier · June 10, 2024 · 70m
Meditation Is Not What You Think
Jon Kabat-Zinn on what meditation actually is: not a technique for relaxation but a practice of radical non-doing. MBSR brought meditation into hospitals and proved it works for chronic pain, anxiety, and immune function — in clinical trials, not just anecdotes.
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Kabat-Zinn: when he introduced meditation to UMass Medical Center in 1979, he had to prove it wasn't religion or relaxation. 40+ years of clinical trials later: MBSR reduces chronic pain, anxiety, and depression recurrence as effectively as medication in many populations.
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