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The Mindfulness Movement

The retreat centerwhere Jon had his epiphany for how to bring mindfulnessinto the...

[reflective music] [Narrator] The retreat center
where Jon had his epiphany for how to bring mindfulness
into the mainstream was co-founded by
the woman who grew up as a depressed, angry
girl in Buffalo

Full Transcript

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[Narrator] The retreat center where Jon had his epiphany
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for how to bring mindfulness into the mainstream
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was co-founded by the woman who grew up
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as a depressed, angry girl in Buffalo.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:40
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Follow the emotionally compelling story of four main characters who reveal their personal hardships and explain how mindfulness transformed their lives.
[Sharon] When I was a sophomore in college, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
[Sharon] When I was a sophomore in college,
I had a philosophy requirement and I just chose that one - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
I had a philosophy requirement and I just chose that one
It was in the context of the course - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
It was in the context of the course
I heard there were actual practical tools you could use - The Mindfulness Movement 00:12
I heard there were actual practical tools you could use
I created a project, I said, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
I created a project, I said,
[Indian music] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
[Indian music]
I couldn't focus and I was very young, I was 18, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:08
I couldn't focus and I was very young, I was 18,
I'm somewhat famous for once having marched up to Goenka, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:15
I'm somewhat famous for once having marched up to Goenk...
And I'd been hugely angry but I didn't quite know it. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:04
And I'd been hugely angry but I didn't quite know ...
And the other part was being kind to myself - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
And the other part was being kind to myself
In that discovery, and it was only after that, I think, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:19
In that discovery, and it was only after that, I think,
It still remains the pivotal turning point of my life. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
It still remains the pivotal turning point of my life.
[Narrator] When Sharon returned to America, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
[Narrator] When Sharon returned to America,
[Sharon] Some combination of us would go - The Mindfulness Movement 00:14
[Sharon] Some combination of us would go
[Narrator] Eventually Sharon, Joseph, and Jack - The Mindfulness Movement 00:17
[Narrator] Eventually Sharon, Joseph, and Jack
Up above the doorway, when we first looked at the building, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:22
Up above the doorway, when we first looked at the building,
[Daniel] When I was a graduate student at Harvard, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:08
[Daniel] When I was a graduate student at Harvard,
It's quite an interesting accident of history - The Mindfulness Movement 00:11
It's quite an interesting accident of history
Like Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg - The Mindfulness Movement 00:11
Like Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg
[audience applauds] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:15
[audience applauds]