Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine best known for founding Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Trained as a scientist, he helped bring mindfulness meditation into mainstream clinical and educational settings, emphasizing its practical application for stress, pain, and well-being. He is the founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and he has written widely on mindfulness for general audiences. Myla Kabat-Zinn is an author and mindfulness teacher who has collaborated with Jon Kabat-Zinn on mindfulness-related work.