Jon Kabat-Zinn at the 2006 Forum for Buddhism and Medicine in Montpellier, France.
Kabat-Zinn is the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a programme that is used in more than 200 hospitals and medical centres around the world.
Here, he explains why the cultivation of 'moment to moment, non-judgemental awareness' can be a powerful antidote to worry, fear or depression.
Jon Kabat-Zinn will be one of the speakers at the 3rd International Forum for Buddhism and Medicine in October 2010 on the subject of the benefits of meditation. For more information go to http://www.forum-meditation.com/