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Mindfulness for the masses

Scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn opened the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979, pioneering a meditative approach to treat pain and depression.

In 1979 scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn opened the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, pioneering a meditative approach to treat pain and depression.聽 In a few decades mindfulness has gone from being a specialist element of Buddhist teaching to a billion dollar industry. Farhana Haider has been speaking to Dr Kabat-Zinn about the popularising of mindfulness to tackle the stresses of modern life.

(Photo Jon Kabat-Zinn teaching MBSR at the University of Massachusetts Medical School 1992, Credit Jon Kabat-Zinn)

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Fri 29 Mar 2019 13:50GMT

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  • Fri 29 Mar 2019 08:50GMT
  • Fri 29 Mar 2019 13:50GMT

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