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Bob Stahl, PhD., founded and directs mindfulness-based stress reduction programs in three medical centers in the San Francisco Bay area. A long-time mindfulness practitioner, Bob lived in a Buddhist monastery for 8 1/2 years and has completed MBSR teacher certification at University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Bob also serves as an Adjunct Senior Teacher for Oasis – the institute for mindfulness-based professional education and innovation of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Bob is a co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook.

For more information, please visit mbsrworkbook.com

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