Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a program that incorporates mindfulness to assist people with pain and a range of conditions and life issues that were initially difficult to treat in a hospital setting. Developed at The University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the 1970s by Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, and yoga to help people become more mindful or aware.In recent years, meditation has been the subject of controlled clinical research. This suggests it may have beneficial effects, including stress reduction, relaxation, and improvements to quality of life.While MBSR has its roots in spiritual teachings, the program itself is secular.Today MBSR is practiced as a complementary medicine, commonly in the field of oncology and close to 80% of medical schools that offer some element of mindfulness training and research and education centers dedicated to mindfulness, have proliferated.MBSR has been spreading into all areas of health & wellness. MBSR has been recommended by established leaders in the field of popular medicine, such as Dr. Deepak Chopra, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Emmett Oz, Dr. Phil McGraw and mainstream institutions such as The University of Massachusetts Medical School. Nurses are now receiving continuation credits for taking the course.MBSR is a holistic solution to many of lifes normal stressors that and it is continuing to grow in popularity and is being featured on the cover of Time magazine and medical journals.