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The Mindfulness Movement

The doctors wouldsay, they'd say, "I don't know what youdid with Mrs. So-and-So "but you...

The doctors would
say, they'd say, "I don't know what you
did with Mrs. So-and-So "but you were able to help
her more in eight weeks "than I've been able to
help her in eight years." And I would just smile and say, "Well actually I didn't do
anything, she did it herself." [Narrator] Jon called
his eight-week course Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction, or MBSR

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The doctors would say, they'd say,
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"I don't know what you did with Mrs. So-and-So
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"but you were able to help her more in eight weeks
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"than I've been able to help her in eight years."
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And I would just smile and say,
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"Well actually I didn't do anything, she did it herself."
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[Narrator] Jon called his eight-week course
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:14
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.
[acoustic guitar music] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:12
[acoustic guitar music]
Hundreds of thousands of lives have been transformed. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:04
Hundreds of thousands of lives have been transformed.
[Jon] We want you to meditate in the way - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
[Jon] We want you to meditate in the way
Because it's just not like, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:13
Because it's just not like,
Just taking my seat has gotta be a love affair - The Mindfulness Movement 00:11
Just taking my seat has gotta be a love affair
It's absolutely essential that it is understood - The Mindfulness Movement 00:08
It's absolutely essential that it is understood
How would you even know if you're doing harm - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
How would you even know if you're doing harm
You're engaging in the meditation practice for the sake of, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:06
You're engaging in the meditation practice for the sake...
[reflective music] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:16
[reflective music]
[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,