Dedication
For Myla, Will, Naushon, and Serena,
Wherever you go.
About the Author
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is the founder and director of
the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of
Massachusetts Medical Center and Associate
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Preventive
and Behavioral Medicine. His clinic was featured in
1993 in the Public Broadcasting Series Healing and
the Mind, with Bill Meyers. He is currently a Fellow of
the Fetzer Institute. His major research interests
include mind/body interactions for healing, clinical
applications of mindfulness meditation for people with
chronic pain and stress-related disorders, and the
societal applications of mindfulness. In 1992, he and
his colleagues established a mindfulness-based
stress reduction clinic in the inner city in Worcester,
Massachusetts, serving predominantly low-income
and minority residents. He also directs a joint