Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn (born June 5, 1944 in New York ) is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester . He teaches mindfulness meditation to help people cope better with stress , anxiety, and illness .
During his professional life he has been strongly committed to promoting and establishing the practice of mindfulness in medicine and society. Kabat-Zinn has made contributions to a modern health care system - especially in the USA - and has concentrated both in his research and in his teaching on the relationships between physical processes and mental activities.
Life
Kabat-Zinn, who was born the son of immunologist Elvin A. Kabat , received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT , where he worked under Nobel Prize in Medicine Salvador Edward Luria . In 1979 he founded the now renowned Stress Reduction Clinic , of which he was managing director until 1995; Here he began to teach the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction ( MBSR ) program and to examine its effects in extensive accompanying research. MBSR is an eight-week course in which coordinated attention exercises and mindfulness meditation, some of which are derived from Hatha Yoga , Vipassana and Zen , are combined.
Kabat-Zinn is the founder and former executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, established in 1995 .
He is one of the scientists involved in the dialogues and conferences of the Mind and Life Institute .
Fonts
- Healthy through meditation. Full catastrophe living. The complete basic work. First complete edition. Otto Wilhelm Barth, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-29193-1 (American original edition, New York 1990). Paperback edition: Knaur. Series MensSana. Munich. April 2011. ISBN 978-3-426-87538-4
- Find peace in everyday life. The comprehensive practical meditation program. Herder, Freiburg 1998 (7th edition) ISBN 3-451-05132-X
- Coping with stress through the practice of mindfulness. Arbor, Freiamt 1999 ISBN 978-3-924195-57-1
- The healing power of mindfulness. Arbor, Freiamt 2004 ISBN 978-3-936855-99-9
- Come to your senses. The wisdom of the senses and the sense of mindfulness in a world out of joint. Arbor, Freiamt 2006 ISBN 978-3-936855-82-1
- Grow with children. The practice of mindfulness in the family. Arbor, Freiamt 2006 (first edition 1998). ISBN 978-3-936855-48-7
- Mindfulness & Meditation in Daily Life. Arbor, Freiamt 2007 ISBN 978-3-936855-56-2
- To be at home with yourself. Arbor, Freiamt 2008 ISBN 978-3-936855-59-3
- Mindfulness for Beginners. Arbor, Freiamt 2009 ISBN 978-3-936855-61-6
- The MBSR yoga exercises. Arbor, Freiburg 2010 ISBN 978-3-86781-033-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Jon Kabat-Zinn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society (CFM )
- Short introduction of Jon Kabat-Zinn in more detail here (English)
- What is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction? (English)
- German introductory text by Jon Kabat-Zinn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kabat tin, Jon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American meditation researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , USA |