Hey, it's Manouche, and in the spirit of New Year's resolutions, we want to share some wisdom from our friends over at the 10% happier podcast,

which is of course hosted by Dan Harris, who was on the show recently.

So this is part of their series

called Non Negotiables for the New Year.

And in this episode, Dan talks to meditation expert

John Cabot Zin about starting a practice and being more

present and mindful in our day-to-day podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello my fellow suffering beings how we doing if in this new year you are looking to start or

restart your meditation habit or if you're already meditating but you want to up your game

We have recruited a true ringer for you a legend

perhaps more than any other single person

John Cabot Zin is responsible for the explosion of interest in meditation

over the last decade or two.

He invented something called mindfulness-based stress reduction,

which took meditation out of a Buddhist context

and made it secular and replicable. In other words he invented a

repeatable eight-week protocol which allowed scientists to begin studying what

happens when regular people learn how to meditate. And that is in large measure why we now have all

of the scientific evidence that strongly suggests that short daily doses of meditation can

confer a long list of tantalizing health benefits.

John has written many books including full catastrophe living wherever you go there you

are which was first published 30 years ago and his latest mindfulness meditation for pain relief.

We cover among many other things the nitty gritty practicalities of starting a practice, how he's learned

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