C reated in 1979 by MIT-trained PhD Jon Kabat Zinn, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the most documented and studied meditative intervention practice.
MBSR has been scientifically tested and explored across more than 25,000 patients at the University of Massachusetts Stress Reduction Clinic, a place of last resort for patients with chronic, unremitting pain and medical conditions.
MBSR is an intensive meditation course, meeting 2.5 hours a week for 8 weeks plus a daylong meditation retreat and the commitment to meditate daily. As a result, it is extremely rewarding to teach because people who are able to stick with it, often report amazing transformations in their lives.