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Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life — Jon Kabat-Zinn's widely-read introduction to bringing mindfulness into ordinary moments, now available in a 30th Anniversary Edition.
What the book is
Wherever You Go, There You Are is one of Jon Kabat-Zinn's best-known books, written as an accessible entry point into mindfulness — both as a formal meditation practice and as a way of relating to everyday life as it actually unfolds. The 30th Anniversary Edition, per its official page on jonkabat-zinn.com, adds a new foreword and a revised, updated afterword, with text refinements throughout for clarity.
Who it's for
It's aimed at readers who are new to mindfulness and want a plain-language starting point, as well as longtime practitioners revisiting the book decades after its original publication. Its short, standalone chapters make it easy to read a little at a time rather than cover to cover.
How it relates to the app and practice
This book isn't included inside the JKZ Meditations app — the app offers its own guided audio recordings, including the Mindfulness for Beginners series, which covers similar everyday-life ground in guided-practice form. See the Mindfulness for Beginners guide for a practical starter sequence, including the app's free Eating Meditation.