Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
''How Does It Work?''
The official mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The MBSR program started in 1979 and is now offered in over 200 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction shows significant results on reducing such problems as...
How does MBSR work?
Mindfulness based stress reduction is aimed at observing and accepting the present moment rather than trying to control it. Whatever you focus on tends to grow. Accepting is a way of letting go.
Further, the present moment is a subjective experience.
The accepting and observant attitude emphasized in MBSR facilitates acceptance toward one's inner experience. A more accepting, moment-to-moment awareness is vital for monitoring and responding to internal cues related to pain and energy regulation, such as when to rest and when to exert oneself.
The MBSR program consists of eight weekly classes and one day-long class. These are the contents of the program...
Mindfulness based stress reduction has been adapted into a variety of practices not necessarily following Kabat-Zinn's program.
You have to understand that mindfulness goes waaay beyond 1979...
Mindfulness is a lifetime engagement - not to get somewhere else, but to be where and as we actually are in this very moment, whether the experience is pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. It's about experiencing the fluctuating nature of life, which demands courage, patience - it essentially demands showing compassion for yourself.
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