Jon Kabat-Zinn

Gain powerful insights and practical wisdom from the person who founded a modern meditative tradition and continues to guide its future.

Join us for this unique opportunity to learn directly from one of the most influential figures in the mindfulness field.

Get up close and learn from the person who brought mindfulness to the modern world.

About Jon Kabat-Zinn

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As the creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Jon Kabat-Zinn has transformed the lives of millions by making mindfulness accessible to everyone—grounded in science and guided by compassion.

In this free 3-part video dialogue series, Jon Kabat-Zinn joins Lion’s Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod for an in-depth exploration of his personal journey, the creation of MBSR, and the evolution of the mindfulness movement. Together, they discuss its impact on modern life and the critical role mindfulness can play in addressing today’s global challenges.

Through these dialogues, Jon reveals how mindfulness is not just a meditation practice, but a complete path that fosters clarity, compassion, and interconnectedness—leading to a life that is happy, meaningful, and beneficial for both individuals and society.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded its world-renown Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic in 1979, and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM), in 1995. Both the MBSR Clinic and the CFM are now part of UMassMemorial Health.

His work and that of a global community of colleagues has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions such as medicine, psychology, health care, neuroscience, schools, higher education, business, social justice, criminal justice, prisons, the law, technology, the military, government, and professional sports. Over 700 hospitals and medical centers around the world now offer MBSR.

Jon Kabat-Zinn’s books, his app and other guided meditation programs, his public and professional talks, and his in-person and online retreats describe and invoke the cultivation of mindfulness in such commonsensical, relevant, and compelling terms that its practice has become a way of life for many hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people around the world.

A free series of in-depth dialogues with the founder of the worldwide mindfulness movement.

Brings Mindfulness to Life