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Welcome to REBAP Internacional a web site dedicated to provide information in Spanish
about the history and development of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic at the
University of Massachusetts Medical Center and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine,
Health Care and Society.

This web site in Spanish highlights the origins of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and
Relaxation program (MBSR) and its expansion through the Spanish-speaking world. It also
talks about the different MBSR/MBCT and other mindfulness programs available in Spanish
language in the United States, Mexico, Spain, and rest of Latin America.

Fernando A. de Torrijos, creator of REBAP Internacional website (an independent
mindfulness programs in Spanish network), joined the CFM's professional team in 1995 as
teacher and as director of its satellite inner city clinic. Fernando is a resident of Worcester,
Massachusetts. He has conducted over 3,000 hours of MBSR classes and professional
training programs for the last 15 years in the U.S. and also in Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica,
Puerto Rico, Chile, Spain and Uruguay.

In 2009 he was appointed Director of Mindfulness Programs in Psychiatry, at UMassMemorial
Medical Center/University of Massachusetts Medical School, His main role is the development
and integration of mindfulness programs in the department of psychiatry, its clinical
applications of Mindfulness; professional training offered regularly to faculty, clinicians,
psychiatric residents and medicals students; and research using the latest technology.

Previously he worked in one of the largest independent community health centers in the
state of Massachusetts, integrating mindfulness programs complementary to the treatment of
patients with chronic conditions. This community health center provides complete health care
services to over 20,000 low income patients of which 50% are Spanish speaking and 25%
Portuguese speaking.

Since 1994, a special effort has been made to compile and develop mindfulness-based
materials in Spanish: tape and CD recordings, workbooks, poems, handouts, publicity
pamphlets and other outreach materials; research instruments, professional training
manuals, etc. Some of them are translations and adaptations from already existing materials
in English, others are originals in Spanish. Many individuals from many different countries
contributed to this. In the absents of books this was the only way to move forward.

Finally in Spring 2004, "Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to
Face Stress, Pain, and Ilness" by Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D., was published 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
opened new possibilities for the expansion and understanding 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.

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

For Jon Kabat-Zinn audio recordings in English contact: www.mindfulnesstapes.com

Disclaimer: These activities/programs in Spanish announced in this website are independently organized
and don´t have recognized accreditation, connection or relationship with the programs offered by the Center
for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, or any other international programs
offered by the Center for Mindfulness around the world.

Programas de Reducción de Estrés Basados en la Atención Plena
Mindfulness-Based Programs

Address: 22 Midgley Lane, Worcester, MA-01604, USA
Tel./Fax 508 792-4602 - Email: atencionplena@aol.com

Fernando A. de Torrijos, Director of Mindfulness programs in
psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and
MBSR teacher at the Center for Mindfulness, during one of his
teaching visits to the Krotona Institute in Ojai, California.