Jon Kabat-Zinn Biography

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and he is internationally known for his work as a writer, scientist, and meditation teacher engaged in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. In 1979, he founded the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Clinic and in 1995, the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society. He’s the author of two best-selling books: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (Dell, 1990; 2nd edition, revised and updated, Bantam, 2013), published in the following languages - German, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Korean, Finnish, French, Spanish, and soon Chinese; and Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994, 2004), published in German, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Hebrew, Polish, Vietnamese, Korean, Croatian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish, Czech, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. His books and guided meditation programs describe meditation practice in such relevant and captivating terms that mindfulness meditation practice has now become a way of life for many people. His work has contributed tremendously to the growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions in our society such as health care and hospitals, schools, higher education, corporations, medicine, prisons, the legal profession and professional sports. In 1971, Dr. Kabat-Zinn received his Ph.D. from MIT in molecular biology, winning the Nobel Laureate in physiology and medicine, Salvador Luria. Between 1979 and 2002, Dr. Kabat-Zinn's research focused on healing for mind/body interactions and also on various clinical applications of mindfulness meditation training for people with chronic pain or stress-related disorders, on the effects of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) on the brain and how it processes emotions, particularly under stress, and on the immune system; on the use and effects of MBSR with women with breast cancer and men with prostate cancer; on patients undergoing bone marrow transplant; with prison inmates and staff; in multicultural settings; and on stress in various corporate settings and work environments. Dr. Kabat-Zinn has trained Olympic athletes (the 1984 Olympic Men's Rowing Team), CEOs and business leaders, lawyers, clergy and groups of judges in mindfulness throughout his career.

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