Book Review: "Wherever You Go, There You Are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Need help calming down your mind? This book is just for that. The teachings of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor and world-renowned trainer of mindfulness mediation are simple and easy to read in his book: ‘Wherever You Go, There You Are’. Mindfulness mediations are described in a demystified language that helps us grasp what is at the root of practices that help calm our minds in an otherwise hectic, modern urban lifestyle. The techniques of re-grounding, re-centering and refocusing are particularly useful – and they are especially useful if you are feeling ‘scattered’ or ‘lost’ in your day-to-day life routines and struggles.

Through this work, you walk through a variety of approaches in mindfulness meditation that include such simple techniques of breathing and inner focusing while walking, standing or sitting. In other words, the author explores and suggests a large variety of meditative practices that are easy to do wherever you are. As such you can carry the teachings and exercises suggested I this book with you into your office, onto the bus, into a waiting room or right at your bedside where you can use this resource as a source of inspiration. The teachings of this work are not only central to mindfulness practices but also valuable as a deepening of your personal growth as this book can be a form of therapy in and of itself.
 Submitted by Arash Kameli, MA, CCC