{"id":228,"date":"2011-01-26T09:10:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T09:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2011\/01\/metaphors-for-mindfulness-top-5-metaphors-for-mindfulness-interview-with-arnie-kozak-phd.html"},"modified":"2011-01-26T09:10:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T09:10:33","slug":"metaphors-for-mindfulness-top-5-metaphors-for-mindfulness-interview-with-arnie-kozak-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2011\/01\/metaphors-for-mindfulness-top-5-metaphors-for-mindfulness-interview-with-arnie-kozak-phd.html","title":{"rendered":"Metaphors for Mindfulness: Top 5 Metaphors for Mindfulness: Interview with Arnie Kozak Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/goldstein.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"goldstein.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/01\/goldstein-thumb-350x61-21070.gif\" width=\"350\" height=\"61\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/goldstein.gif\"><\/a><\/span>I was very happy to be interviewed by Elisha Goldstein, co-author of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook on his blog&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.psychcentral.com\/mindfulness\/\">Mindfulness and Psychotherapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When it comes to trying to understand almost anything, I have found metaphors to be extremely useful. In mindfulness we use them all the time, we say, &#8220;Paying attention to your thoughts is like lying down on a field of grass looking at the clouds go on by or like lying down by a riverbed see the variety of debris come and go.&#8221; I am very pleased to bring you Arnie Kozak, PhD, who is a master at using metaphors to help us understand mindfulness.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elisha:<\/strong>&nbsp;What are your Top 5 Metaphors that you have found most helpful for mindfulness?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arnie:&nbsp;<\/strong>To pick only five out of the 108 in the book is hard! And there are many more that I&#8217;ve developed since the publication of the book. My favorite metaphors are probably the ones I use the most, and they are the most practical.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.psychcentral.com\/mindfulness\/2011\/01\/top-5-metaphors-for-mindfulness-interview-with-arnie-kozak-ph-d\/\"><br \/>Continue reading it here:<\/a> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was very happy to be interviewed by Elisha Goldstein, co-author of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook on his blog&nbsp;Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. When it comes to trying to understand almost anything, I have found metaphors to be extremely useful. 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His award-winning new book, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness (Wisdom Publications, 2009) is a thoughtful, funny, and inspiring translation of mindfulness practice through the inventive use of metaphor applicable to our daily lives. In addition to his work with Exquisite Mind, Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist\u00e2\u20ac\u201dDoctorate has been a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Vermont and is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has studied and practiced clinical psychology, meditation, and yoga for more than 25 years. He has studied with several meditation masters, including S. N. Goenka, Larry Rosenberg, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After receiving his bachelors degree with honors from Tufts University, he was awarded a Presidential Fellowship to get his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University at Buffalo. 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