“Just this moment, just this breath, just this sitting here, just this being human. Just this. Just this.” (Jon Kabat-Zinn) The Harvard Club of France is extremely honored to welcome Jon Kabat-Zinn, the Professor Emeritus of Medicine who, since 1979, has brought mindfulness meditation, to the West, starting a global movement. Now practiced by millions around the world, his work has scientifically proven the powerful health benefits of meditation. After some introductory remarks on the subject of healing ourselves and the world through the practice of mindfulness as a liberative meditation practice and as a way of being, Jon will lead a guided meditation, followed by dialogue with the participants. He will then close with another briefer guided meditation. A cocktail will be offered where the participants can continue their discussion with Jon. LIMITED SPACE. Please save your spot by registering early at the link below. We look forward to seeing you! *** Biography Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. Jon Kabat-Zinn did his doctoral work in molecular biology at MIT in the laboratory of the Nobel Laureate, Salvador Luria. He is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded in 1995 the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, following its world-renown Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic founded in 1979 . He authored 15 books, published in 45 languages, including the recent Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief (2023), and a 30th Anniversary Edition of Wherever You Go, There You Are (2024). Others include Full Catastrophe Living and Mindfulness for Beginners. In 2018/2019, he published a series of four volumes updating and expanding the 2005 edition of Coming to Our Senses: Meditation is Not What You Think; Falling Awake; The Healing Power of Mindfulness; and Mindfulness for All. His work 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, law, technology, government, and professional sports. Over 700 hospitals and medical centers around the world now offer MBSR. Jon lectures and leads mindfulness workshops and retreats around the world. In the Spring of 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, he offered 66 consecutive weekdays of 90 minute online guided meditations, talks, and dialogue. | 
