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With its origins in Asian philosophies, such as Buddhism, mindfulness has experienced a surge in popularity over the past few decades. For example, between 2012 and 2017, the number of adults in the United States who practiced some form of mindfulness-based meditation or therapy increased from 4.1% to over 14%. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is one of the more popular forms of mindfulness-based programs in the West.

What Is MBSR? Created in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR is a form of meditation-based therapy used for a wide range of medical issues, including depression, anxiety, chronic pain, cancer, and stress. As the founder of the University of Massachusetts’s Medical School’s Mindfulness Clinic, Kabat-Zinn and fellow researchers developed MBSR as an eight-week program to push mindfulness to the forefront of public health.

Over time, a number of formal scientific studies, papers, and journals have covered MBSR, investigating its benefits for everything from social anxiety disorder to sleep quality. MBSR has since grown to become one of the world’s most prominent forms of mindfulness-based therapy, with more than 720 medical centers offering the program.

The Overview of Mindfulness Practice and MBSR will include the following elements:

- Introduction to mindfulness

- Brief history of MBSR and its relation to stress and everyday life.

- Brief mindfulness practice (sitting meditation, body scan)

- Sharing of the experience of practice

- How to apply mindfulness in one’s life

About Cynthia: Cynthia Morin RN, MPH, MSN completed the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness' Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher Development Intensive in September 2016. As a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner (NP), she incorporated the practice of mindfulness in her work with seriously ill and dying patients and in her staff and patient education programs at the VA in Martinez, CA. Ms. Morin is a meditation instructor at the Berkeley Shambhala Center and a Forgiveness Coach.

Location: CRUfit, 6125 Medau Place, Oakland, CA 94611

For more information contact Cynthia Morin (mbsrcynmor@gmail.com)

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