John McLaughlin on Meditation and Mindfulness

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Dr. McLaughlin has been practicing mindfulness meditation for nearly 20 years and teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) at Mary Washington Hospital. He is a founder and teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Fredericksburg and the Yoga Foundation of Fredericksburg.  

He has been practicing yoga, tai chi, and chi gong for over 10 years and participated in the MBSR training program with Jon Kabat Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. 

Dr. John McLaughlin
Dr. John McLaughlin

Check out his suggested mindfulness reading list. The full list even includes a mindfulness app!



A Path With Heart brings alive one by one the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world.


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