Articles and Scientific Papers

Over the past several years a number of articles and scientific papers have been written about the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in producing positive outcomes in wide array of physical and emotional conditions. For the interested reader, the following is a partial list of articles where more detailed information and scientific data can be found:

• “Just Say Om” Scientists Study it.  Doctors recommend it.  Millions of Americans-many of whom don’t even own crystals-practice it every day.  Why?  Because meditation works.  By Joel Stein.  Time August 4, 2003 
•  “Mindfulness”: A Buddhist-Inspired Practice for Stepping Back From Pain by Claudia Kalb.  Newsweek September 27, 2004
• Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to Lean to the Left.  By Daniel Goleman  The New York Times February 4, 2003
• Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?  By Stephen S. Hall.  The New York Times September 14, 2003
• Influence of mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention on rates of skin clearing in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis undergoing phototherapy (UVB) and photochemotherapy (PUVA) Psychosomat Med (1998) 60: 625-632.  Kabat-Zinn, J.; Wheeler, E.; Light, T.; Skillings, A.; Scharf, M.S.; Cropley, T.G.; Hosmer, D.; and Bennhard, J.
• The clinical use of mindfulness meditation for the self-regulation of chronic pain. J. Behav. Med. (1985) 8:163-190.  Kabat-Zinn, J.; Lipworth, L.; and Burney, R.
• Mindfulness of movement as a coping strategy in multiple sclerosis: a pilot study.  Gen Hosp Psychiatry (2000) 22:425-431.  Mills N.; Allen, J.
• A randomized, wait-list controlled clinical trial: the effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients.  Psychosom Med (2000) 62:613-622.  Speca, M.; Carlson, L.E.; Goodey, E.; Angen, M.

“What is required to participate more fully in our own health and well-being is simply to listen more carefully and to trust what we hear, to trust the messages from our own life, from our own body and mind and feelings.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn Wherever You Go There You Are