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| Welcome to REBAP Internacional (MBSR International) a web site dedicated to providing information in Spanish about the history and development of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and the Center for Mindfulnes in Medicine, Health Care and Society, (CFM). The CFM is a multidimensional center in the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, within the Department of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. For twenty-six years, the center has taken a leadership role in mind-body medicine, pioneering the integration of mindfulness meditation and other mindfulness-based practices into mainstream medicine through patient care, research, medical and professional education, and to the larger society through outreach and public service initiatives. Established in 1995, the CFM is an outgrowth of the acclaimed Stress Reduction Clinic - the oldest and largest academic medical center based stress reduction program in the world. The Stress reduction Clinic was founded in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. The CFM has become a leader in the fields of mind-body and integrative medicine. The center has pursued an active research agenda developing clinical trials, publishing scientific papers and books, and inspiring clinical research by colleagues in the U.S. and around the world. This web site in Spanish highlights the origins of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the CFM in Spanish and its expansion through the Spanish-speaking world. It also talks about the different MBSR classes and professional trainings available in Spanish language in the United States, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Through the years, a variety of publications and teaching materials about mindfulnes meditation and its application as mindfulness based stress reduction have become available in Spanish. Some of them are originals in Spanish, others are translations from English. Most of them are listed in this web site under: "materiales y recursos para la práctica". The purpose behind the creation of REBAP International is to complement the work and efforts of the CFM by making available all the information and history about the Center and its founders to the Spanish-speaking world. Fernando A. de Torrijos, founder of REBAP Internacional, joined the CFM's professional team in 1994 as teacher and as director of its satellite inner city clinic. Fernando is a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts. He has conducted over 1,500 hours of MBSR classes and professional training programs for the last 10 years in the U.S. and also in Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Spain. Recently he accepted a professional position in the medical department of one of the largest independent community health centers in the state of Massachusetts. This center provides complete health care services to over 20,000 low income patients of which 50% are Spanish speaking and 25% Portuguese speaking. His main role is to incorporate a mind-body integrative medicine system in which MBSR will have a central role. The initial aim is finding ways to improve self-management skills of over 4,000 chronic disease patients with conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, depression, and others. Based on his experience as MBSR teacher in urban environments; he is able to report that poor, inner city, minority individuals under severe psycho-socil/economic stress are also willing to undergo such training and respond enthusiastically to it when the program is presented and supported in common-sense ways (i.e., free of charge, with on-site day care, and free transportation when necessary). The program can be delivered entirely in Spanish to non-English speaking Latinos. Since 1994, a special effort was made to develop MBSR teaching and professional training materials in Spanish: tape and CD recordings, workbooks, handouts, publicity pamphlets and other outreach materials, research instruments, professional training manuals, etc. Finally in Spring 2004, "Full Catastrophe Linving: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Ilness" by Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D., was publish in Spanish by Editorial Kairós, Barcelona, Spain, with the title: "Vivir con Plenitud las Crisis: Utilizando la sabiduría del cuerpo y de la mente para afrontar el estrés, el dolor y la enfermedad". This event is opening new possibilities for the expansion and undestanding of MBSR in the Spanish speaking world and its applications within medicine, health care and society. The PBS series by Bill Moyers "Healing and the Mind", helped enormously in the dissemination of MBSR nation wide. This series was dubbed in Spanish by Holograma, a private TV production company in Argentina, and aired on the Latino-American televisions. The same company did a two-hour interview about MBSR and mindfulness to Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn during our visit to Buenos Aires in 2000. This interview, one of the best by Dr. Kabat-Zinn, was done in English with subtitles in Spanish, and was featured several times by Latino-American TV stations. All of these publications and productions are available in the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico throught REBAP Internacional. To request information and order forms contact: Rebap Internacional 22 Midgley Lane Worcester, MA-01604, USA (774) 239-5194 atencionplena@aol.com For further information about Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in English visit the Center for Mindfulness website: www.umassmed.edu/cfm You can visit also: www.mindfulnessprograms.com |
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| Address: 22 Midgley Lane, Worcester, MA-01604, USA Tel./Fax 508 792-4602 - Email: atencionplena@aol.com |