The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society in 1979. For more information about the UMass MBSR program see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PAOhs7tBZo.
Other great videos about the MBSR program:
http://www.mindfulnessmeditationnyc.com/what-is-mbsr/more-resources-on-mbsr
60 Minutes first person story by Anderson Cooper attending a Mindfulness Retreat, featuring John Kabat-Zinn and leaders at Google. The “Overtime” of “The newly mindful Anderson Cooper” is also interesting.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mindfulness-anderson-cooper-60-minutes/
To learn more about the benefits of meditation see:
http://www.massgeneral.org/about/pressrelease.aspx?id=1329#
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