Articles :
Le Nouvel Observateur - April 2010 - The powers of meditation
An article from "Le Nouvel Observateur" magazine about meditation. It addresses, among other topics,
why should one meditate and what are the effects of meditation on the practitioner.
Health - Buddhist techniques to assist modern medecine
A summary of progresses made in France on year 2008 to inform the general public
about meditation that is being taught in French hospitals. This method is based on discoveries
made in the USA by Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of MBSR, who has taught this secular model
to 18,000 people in the past 25 years.
The therapeutic approach based on mindfulness - A field of possible applications in psychomotricity, C. Muzellec, Psychomotricité 2008.
A detailed account of the progress of the MBSR 8-week program and its
benefits for alternative medicine as well as cognitive and behavior therapies.
Interview from "Nouvelle Clés" with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
In this article, Dr. Kabat-Zinn talks about the path that led to
the association of mindfulness meditation, therapy and stress reduction in the
treatment of his patients, thus pioneering the MBSR technique now
used in over 200 hospitals and medical schools across the United States.
Links :
La Salindre
Association for secular Retreat Center located in the southern Cévennes region. It is
a place of silence for reflection, contemplation and healing. Multiple
possibilities are offered, including support for times of personal transition.
There you will find meditation,
psychosynthesis, creative and body practices as well as MBSR.
www.lasalindre.eu
Site of the ADM, Association for the Development of Mindfulness
Founded in 2009, the ADM, which includes instructors of Mindfulness, cognitive therapy (MBCT)
and stress reduction (MBSR), aims at the dissemination of Mindfulness in France,
French-speaking Switzerland and Belgium.
www.association-mindfulness.org (website in french only)
Bangor University
Wales, mindfulness training with undergraduate programs and master's degree.
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness
Professor Edel Maex
Mindfulness MBSR taught in Holland.
http://www.levenindemaalstroom.be
Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM)
Site du centre de la mindfulness aux Etats Unis où ont commencé les programmes MBSR
il y a 25 ans avec Jon Kabat Zinn et Saki Santorelli.
Mindfulness center's website in the United States where MBSR programs began,
25 years ago, with Jon Kabat Zinn and Saki Santorelli.
www.umassmed.edu/cfm
Claude Maskens
On this website you will find information on translations of books of the founder of MBSR
Jon Kabat-Zinn as well as other books on the subject. You will also find a clear summary and
MBSR and MBCT courses offered in Belgium.
www.claudemaskens.be (website in french only)
Pierre Philippot
Le site de Pierre Philippot, psychologue, écrivain
de nombreux ouvrages sur les TTC et enseignant du mbct ou
Thérapie cognitive basée sur la pleine conscience. Un site
qui informe sur des activités, événements et formations sur la Pleine Conscience.
Pierre Philippot, psychologist, author of
many books about TTC and MBCT teacher or
Cognitive therapy based on mindfulness. Site
informing about activities, events and trainings on Mindfulness.
http://www.cps-emotions.be/pierre_philippot/
Mukunda’s Yoga Therapy Center:
Workshops, classes and training in structural yoga therapy.
This technique allows the instructor to teach differently depending on the weaknesses
and strengths
of the students. Each student receives an individual practice respecting its energy level,
its capacity and needs. Individual sessions are given first, then either group or one on one
practice sessions are provided as required.
www.yogatherapycenter.org
French site for MBCT:
Based in Belgium, they offer 8 weeks MBCT programs as well as 3 downloadable CDs.
http://www.cps-emotions.be/mindfulness/ (website in french only)
Gardoussel (Cevennes Mountains, South France)
Holistic retreat center offering courses in Ayurveda, yoga, wellness and
artistic creativity. Open all year.
www.gardoussel.com (website in french only)
Charlotte Borch-Jacobsen in Paris
Practicing Kinesiotherapy and Mezieres, she studied with Francoise Mezieres and graduated
from Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg University in Postural Reconstruction, to reduce muscle tension.
Her training in MBSR at the « Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society »
of University of Massachusetts (USA) has allowed the deepening of that research by
providing an additional tool - the deliberate and intentional development of attention
at every moment - to avoid painful recurrences.
www.mbsr-france.net (website in french only)
Bibliography :
Books about mindfulness
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (2005)
Publisher : Hyperion
Release date : January 13, 2005
ISBN : 978-1401307783
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (1990)
Publisher : Delta
Release date : May 1, 1990
ISBN : 978-0385303125
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (2009)
Publisher : Hyperion
Release date : January 18, 2006
ISBN : 978-0786886548
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse
Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G., & Teasdale, J.D.
Publisher : The Guilford Press (New York)
Release date : November 14, 2001
ISBN : 978-1572307063
The Art of Meditation
Matthieu Ricard (2010)
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Release date : January 1, 2010
ISBN : 978-1848870758
