James Mitchell, PhD Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction "Mindfulness meditation brings insight into the present moment and unravels the knots within to lead a more positive, balanced, and happy life."

James Mitchell, PhD began practicing and studying mindfulness meditation and hatha yoga in 1995. After completing a masters degree in Existential-Phenomenological and Clinical Psychology to combine interests in cross-cultural perspectives in philosophy and psychology, he earned a doctoral degree in East/West Psychology in 2003 focusing on the psychological connection between western science and eastern philosophy. He trained in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Drs. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Robert Stahl.

Presently he teaches Mindfulness Yoga in recovery centers and is also part of a research project introducing MBSR into Samuel Merritt University.