Author / Teacher
Bob Stahl, PhD, has founded eight Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs in medical centers in the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently offering programs at Dominican Hospital and El Camino Hospitals in Los Gatos and Mt. View. Dr. Stahl serves as a Senior Teacher for Oasis Institute for Mindfulness-Based Professional Education and Training at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Bob is coauthor of 5 books: A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Living With Your Heart Wide Open, Calming the Rush of Panic, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety, and MBSR Everyday. Bob is the guiding teacher at Insight Santa Cruz and a visiting teacher at Spirit Rock.
Turning toward panic or anxiety can help us feel more anchored in the present—and more at home in ourselves and the world around us. Here is a 20-minute meditation for cultivating inner and outer connection. Read More
Feeling isolated can exacerbate anxiousness—Here are two MBSR practices to help you get back in touch with the emerging moment, in touch with yourself, and with other people. Read More
When we practice investigating judgments and diffusing them we can learn to choose how we look at things and react to them. Read More
An effective mindfulness practice for working with self-stories so you don’t get so caught up in yourself that you miss the irreplaceable moments happening right in front of you. Read More
How paying attention to your internal dialog can free you from you self doubt, and help familiarize you with your own personal brand of autopilot. Read More
How to create space between you and what you’re experiencing in order to decrease anxiety and worry. Read More
Working with the wandering mind is challenging. Here’s why you’re having trouble meditating and a practice to renew your motivation. Read More
A three-minute guided mindfulness practice: how to tune in to the present moment and acknowledge wandering thoughts. Read More
Recognize the inner critic who wants nothing to do with compassion. Read More
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