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Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Services

Mindfulness is a powerful tool that can help you curtail the harmful effects of stress and live a more joyful, aware life. In the Sutter Health network, we offer mindfulness, meditation, yoga and other relaxation techniques so you can access and cultivate your mind’s healing abilities.

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Reducing Stress

We all experience some degree of tension in life, but excessive stress can take a toll on your body and mind. Learn how to identify stress and minimize its harmful effects.

As part of Sutter’s whole-person approach to care, our integrative health clinics provide numerous stress-relieving therapies and classes, including yoga, qigong, acupuncture, massage and bodywork. We also offer mindfulness programs to reduce stress and address chronic conditions such as heart disease, pain, auto-immune disorders, gastrointestinal issues, anxiety, depression, cancer and diabetes.

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Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating your potential to experience each moment, no matter how difficult or intense, with presence and clarity. By helping you feel better, sleep well and increase your ability to cope with stressful situations, mindfulness empowers you to feel more joyful and to gain immediate access to your inner resources for healing.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

Taught by experienced practitioners, mindfulness-based stress reduction classes include lectures, discussions and experiential exercises. You’ll discover how stress affects your body and how to practice techniques to improve your coping ability, increase your immune function and reduce pain and anxiety.

Two decades of published research indicate that most people who complete the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course report:

  • Better sleep and an increased ability to relax.
  • Greater energy, concentration and enthusiasm for life.
  • An ability to deal more effectively with both short- and long-term stressful situations.
  • Major improvement in pain-related anxiety, depression, hostility and the tendency to become preoccupied with painful sensations in both body and mind.
  • Lasting decreases in difficult physical and psychological symptoms.
  • Reductions in pain levels with an enhanced ability to cope with persistent pain.

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Doctor Profiles

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
Deepika Minnal, M.D.

Deepika Minnal, M.D.

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Janet Volpe, M.D.

Janet Volpe, M.D.

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Haleh Sheikholeslami, M.D.

Haleh Sheikholeslami, M.D.

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Akil Palanisamy, M.D.

Akil Palanisamy, M.D.

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Eric I. Hassid, M.D.

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Lorena F. Hillman, M.D.

Lorena F. Hillman, M.D.

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Lori E. Mouratoff, M.D.

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