1. Jon Kabat-Zinn was born on Jon Kabat, June 5,1944 and 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.
Jon Kabat-Zinn teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness.
The stress reduction program created by Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction, is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations, and is described in his book Full Catastrophe Living.
Jon Kabat-Zinn was born in New York City in 1944 as the oldest of three children to Elvin Kabat, a biomedical scientist, and Sally Kabat, a painter.
Jon Kabat-Zinn graduated from Haverford College in 1964 and went on to earn a Ph.
Jon Kabat-Zinn was first introduced to meditation by Philip Kapleau, a Zen teacher who came to speak at MIT where Jon Kabat-Zinn was a student.
Jon Kabat-Zinn went on to study meditation with other Buddhist teachers such as Seungsahn.
Jon Kabat-Zinn studied at the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, and eventually taught there.
Jon Kabat-Zinn subsequently renamed the structured eight-week course Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Jon Kabat-Zinn removed the soteriological goals of the religious and spiritual systems that influenced the MBSR and any connection between mindfulness and Buddhism, instead putting MBSR in a scientific context.
Jon Kabat-Zinn subsequently founded the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Jon Kabat-Zinn's MBSR began to get increasing notice with the publication of his first book, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, which gave detailed instructions for the practice.
Research by Jon Kabat-Zinn includes the effect of MBSR on psoriasis, pain, anxiety, brain function, and immune function.
Jon Kabat-Zinn is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute, a group that organizes dialogues between the Dalai Lama and Western scientists.
Jon Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Jon Kabat-Zinn is married to Myla Zinn, the daughter of the historian and playwright Howard Zinn and his wife Roslyn.
Jon Kabat-Zinn has stated that his beliefs growing up were a fusion of science and art.