video – Mindfulness in the City

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	Jon Kabat-Zinn:
	What is mindfulness? length: 5:18

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, defines "What is mindfulness?" and discusses the hard work and rewards of practicing mindfulness.

Jon Kabat-Zinn received his doctorate in molecular biology from MIT in 1971. His research between 1979 and 2002 focused on mind/body interactions for healing; on various clinical applications of mindfulness meditation training for people with chronic pain and/or stress-related disorders; on the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on the brain and how it processes emotions, particularly under stress, and on the immune system. He teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in various venues around the world.

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	Ellen Langer:
	Mindfulness over matter length: 22:20

Ellen Langer, Ph.D., an artist, a social psychologist and the first female professor to gain tenure in the Psychology Department at Harvard University.

She is the author of eleven books and more than two hundred research articles written for general and academic readers on mindfulness for over 35 years.
Dr. Langer has been described as the “mother of mindfulness” and has written extensively on the illusion of control, mindful aging, stress, decision-making, and health. "We have many, many studies that suggest that the limits we assume are real are artificial, and that we don't have to accept them at all."

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	Mindfulness: Youth Voices length: 2:57

This video, features youth and young adults discussing their experiences practicing mindfulness, and how mindfulness has benefited different aspects of their lives. The video also features youth practicing mindfulness, and includes insights from a health professional and mindfulness teacher, dr. Dzung Vo.

This short video was created by Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre from Vancouver, BC, one of the firs places where mindfulness techniques were tought to younger generation: "Up to now, most mindfulness programs have been for adults. Now, BC Children's Hospital is developing a program for adolescents with chronic health conditions and/or depression"

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	Mark Williams:
	Guided Meditation length: 3:19

Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Director of Oxford Mindfulness Centre offers a brief guided meditation.

Professor Williams co-developed Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), a treatment for anxiety, stress and depression that is at least as effective as drugs at preventing new episodes of depression. It's now one of the preferred treatments for depression recommended by the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. The same technique, based upon an ancient form of meditation, can also help us cope more effectively with the relentless demands of our increasingly frantic world.

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	Marsha M. Linehan:
	Mindfulness Skills & DBT length: 17:20

Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D., ABPP

Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, a consortium of research projects developing new treatments and evaluating their efficacy for severely disordered and multi-diagnostic populations.
She is the creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a type of psychotherapy that combines behavioral science with Zen concepts like acceptance and mindfulness.

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	Julie Bayer Salzman & Josh Salzman:
	Just Breathe length: 3:40

The inspiration, for “Just Breathe” first came about [...]when I overheard my then 5-year-old son talking with his friend about how emotions affect different regions of the brain, and how to calm down by taking deep breaths...

As a filmmaker, I am always interested in finding a subject worthy of filming, and I felt strongly that Mindfulness was a necessary concept to communicate visually. Thankfully my husband, who happens to be my filmmaking partner, agreed. We made “Just Breathe” with our son, his classmates and their family members one Saturday afternoon. The film is entirely unscripted – what the kids say is based purely on their own neuro-scientific understanding of difficult emotions, and how they cope through breathing and meditation. They, in turn, are teaching us all...Julie Bayer Salzman