Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon 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. He was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers Philip Kapleau, Thich That Hang, and Seung Sahn and a founding member of the Cambridge Zen Center. He teaches Mindfulness and his stress reduction program, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations around the world.