Mindfulness as Medicine: A Story of Healing Body and Spirit

19:08 JG: It's not to say we don't take care of ourselves and do what we can to stay healthy. But if we are attached to it, then as the body gets sick, which it inevitably will, then we suffer. If we are not holding on, then we take care [of the body], but as the body goes through it's changes, the mind is much more peaceful. ... So that's the impl

The practice of acceptance, not worrying about things and enjoying the present moment, has the power of healing for all of us.

Waking up this morning I smile. I have twenty-four hours to live. I vow to live them deeply and learn to look at the beings around me with the eyes of compassion.

When body and mind are one, the wounds in our hearts, minds, and bodies begin to heal. As long as there is separation between body and mind, these wounds can’t heal.