About

Diane Reibel, Ph.D. founded Mindfulness and More in 1993 to help people open to the wisdom of their own bodies and minds and live with greater ease and well- being in the midst of the ordinary and extraordinary challenges of life. She co-founded the Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1996 and is currently the Director of the Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness at Marcus Institute for Integrative Health at Jefferson Health and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. She has been teaching mindfulness for over 30 years in medical, educational and corporate settings.

Dr. Reibel participated in professional training under the direction of Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, and has completed the most advanced teacher training at the Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical Center where she has been awarded MBSR teacher certification.

In addition to her passion for teaching mindfulness she studies the physiologic effects and health outcomes of mindfulness training and her research is published and widely cited in both scientific journals and the popular press. She is coauthor of the book Teaching Mindfulness: A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Educators and co-editor of Resources for Teaching Mindfulness: An International Handbook.

Diane is a long-time student of Mind-Body Medicine and has training in a variety of healing modalities including Reiki, Polarity, Therapeutic Touch, and Non-Dual Healing. She incorporates a variety of mind-body techniques in her work with individuals. Above all, Diane listens deeply, embodying compassionate presence.