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Mindfulness Practitioners
Browse 8 practitioners focused on mindfulness in consciousness research.
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Diana Winston
Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS), Natural Awareness
Director of UCLA Mindful, training 500+ mindfulness teachers. Spent one year as Buddhist nun in Burma. Developer of Natural Awareness approach.
Jack Kornfield
Vipassana, Mindfulness, Compassion practices
Co-founder of Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock. PhD in Clinical Psychology, trained as Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
MBSR, Mindfulness, Yoga
Professor Emeritus who founded Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UMass Medical School in 1979. His work brought mindfulness into mainstream medicine and healthcare worldwide.
Judson Brewer (Practitioner)
Mindfulness-based addiction treatment, App-based interventions, Curiosity-based approach
Psychiatrist and neuroscientist who developed app-based mindfulness interventions for anxiety and addiction. Creator of Unwinding Anxiety and Eat Right Now apps grounded in neuroscience research.
Sebene Selassie
Insight meditation, Mindfulness, Embodied awareness
Meditation teacher and author studying the intersection of meditation, belonging, and identity. Teacher at New York Insight Meditation Center. Three-time cancer survivor who brings embodied awareness to practice.
Sharon Salzberg
Metta (Loving-kindness), Vipassana, Mindfulness
Co-founder of Insight Meditation Society and pioneer of loving-kindness (metta) meditation in the West. Author of "Lovingkindness" and "Real Happiness." Teaching since 1974.
Tara Brach
Mindfulness, RAIN technique, Radical Acceptance
Clinical psychologist and meditation teacher. Founder of Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC. Developer of RAIN technique.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness, Walking meditation, Engaged Buddhism
Vietnamese Zen master, poet, and peace activist who founded Plum Village tradition and brought engaged Buddhism to the West. Coined the term "interbeing." Deceased 2022.