Season 2 with Dr Richard Sears - In this episode of Mindfulness Off the Cushion, we delve deeper into a topic hinted at in Episode 4 - the westernization of mindfulness. Or is it the medicalization of mindfulness? Either way that you shake it, this episode explores the impact mindfulness has on western medicine in general, and on Western therapeutic modalities in particular.
From the surge of American interest in Eastern wisdom traditions to Jon Kabat-Zinn’s groundbreaking development of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), numerous mental health therapy modalities have grown in that fertile soil of personal experience mixed with clinical research in mindfulness.
We’ll discuss several of these in depth, including:
Season 2 Special Guest Dr. Richard W. Sears, PsyD PhD MBA, core faculty of PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology at Union Institute & University and Director of The Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation.
Host Lance Vaughn, co-owner of Austin Mindfulness Center and self-described ‘mindfulness student.’
Co-host Claudio Barrientos, Certified Mindfulness Instructor at Austin Mindfulness Center.