Cultivating MINDFULNESS is an effective and accessible approach for enhancing quality of life and for reducing the harmful effects of stress, pain and illness.
Stress. Just reading that word can evoke a feeling of tension. For some of us, it is an occasional feeling; for others, it is a frequent, chronic condition.
In a recent edition of Businessweek magazine, Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School attributed at least 60 percent of doctor visits to stress related ailments.
Mindfulness may be defined as non-judgmental, moment-to-moment awareness. Our innate capacity for mindfulness can be cultivated through some types of meditation and other practices.
“There is mounting evidence that cultivating mindfulness can increase our enjoyment of life, expand our capacity to cope with illness, and possibly improve our physical and emotional health… It can reduce stress and may help other treatments work better.”
Harvard Women's Health Watch, February 2004, Harvard Medical School
"A short program in mindfulness meditation produces demonstrable effects on brain and immune function."
Richard Davidson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin
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| Valley Mindfulness is based in western Massachusetts (Northampton, MA) and offers Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and customized programs to individuals and organizations throughout the region. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., at UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA 30 years ago and is widely utilized by clinics, hospitals and health education centers worldwide to support people coping with challenges such as chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, cancer, fibromyalgia, heart disease, diabetes, and many other illnesses. |
