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| 87d049e | an American pioneer in the field of mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn, a medical professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Kabat-Zinn's initial focus was to find a way of helping patients handle long-term chronic pain and illness. As a student of Zen, he realized how effective the Buddhist practice of mindfulness could be in helping treat chronic medical conditions and, in the 1970s, set about adapting teachings on mindfulness .. | Christine Toomey |