Jon Kabat Zinn: podcast appearances and interviews

Jon Kabat-Zinn 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 such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Seung Sahn, and was a founding member of the Cambridge Zen Center. His practice includes hatha yoga, Vipassanā, and an appreciation of the teachings of Soto Zen and Advaita Vedanta, which he has integrated with scientific findings. Kabat-Zinn advocates mindfulness as a means to help individuals cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. His mindfulness-based stress reduction program is widely offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations and is detailed in his book Full Catastrophe Living.