Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn
Kabat-Zinn in 2018
Born
Jon Kabat

(1944-06-05) June 5, 1944 (age 80)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Haverford College
Known forFounder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Parent(s)Elvin Kabat
Sally Kabat

Jon Kabat-Zinn (born Jon Kabat, June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh,[1] and Seung Sahn,[2] and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of hatha yoga, Vipassanā and appreciation of the teachings of Soto Zen and Advaita Vedanta led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings.[3] He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. The stress reduction program created by Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations, and is described in his book Full Catastrophe Living.[4][5]

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Liam (24 January 2019). "The Monk Who Taught the World Mindfulness Awaits the End of This Life". Time. Retrieved 22 June 2020. Among his students was the American doctor Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course that is now offered at hospitals and medical centers worldwide.
  2. ^ Kabat-Zinn, Jon (October 2017). "Too Early to Tell: The Potential Impact and Challenges—Ethical and Otherwise—Inherent in the Mainstreaming of Dharma in an Increasingly Dystopian World". Mindfulness. 8 (5): 1125–1135. doi:10.1007/s12671-017-0758-2. PMC 5605584. PMID 28989546. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Kathirasan, K.; Rai, Sunita (2023-02-20), "The Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing Enhancement (MBWE) Curriculum", Introducing Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing Enhancement, London: Routledge, pp. 237–248, doi:10.4324/9781003322955-4, ISBN 978-1-003-32295-5, retrieved 2023-05-10
  4. ^ Horstman, Judith (2010). The Scientific American Brave New Brain. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons. p. 33. ISBN 978-0470376249.
  5. ^ Kabat-Zinn 1991.