MBSR

MBSR/Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - developed at the UMASS Medical Center in the 1970s by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. The program, which teaches skills in Mindfulness, Meditation, and gentle Yoga, is what Kabat-Zinn calls, "moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness." Students of the 8-week intensive learn how to use their innate resources and abilities to respond more effectively to stress, pain, and illness. Since inception, the program has provided consistent and reliable clinical relief for the following physiological conditions: Anxiety, Asthma, Cancer, Chronic Pain, Diabetes, Depression, Gastrointestinal, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Mood Disorders, Sleep Disturbances, Stress Disorders, etc.