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About the Instructor

The instructor, Mark Abramson, DDS, is the founder and facilitator of Mindfulness-Meditation Based Stress Reduction programs at Stanford Health Care and Stanford University School of Medicine. He trained with John Kabat-Zinn and has conducted these classes several times a year for twelve years.

He has practiced dentistry in the Bay Area for more than twenty-five years, specializing in the treatment of chronic pain and temporomandibular disorders, focussing on non-drug oriented care integrating traditional dental approaches with mind/body techniques, osteopathic manual medicine, and acupuncture. He has been an instructor at the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pomona since 1985, has lectured throughout the country on TMJ/orofacial pain, and leads retreats on mindfulness meditation. Dr. Abramson holds a black belt in Aikido.

He also teaches a quarterly class on Love Yourself: For Everyone Else's Sake.