In 2006, the author of Wherever You Go, There You Are published Coming to Our Senses, a sustained look at the connection between mindfulness and our physical and spiritual wellbeing. This series of books consists of self-contained sections from that work—updated, and with new forewords—offering an opportunity to study Jon Kabat-Zinn's concepts in detail.

Mindfulness really can be a tool to transform the world, posits Jon Kabat-Zinn, who explains how it can inform our understanding and actions in these tumultuous times. By "coming to our senses" both literally and metaphorically, we can become more compassionate, more embodied, more aware human beings, and in the process, contribute to the healing of the body politic as well as our own lives in ways both little and big.