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Updated at 7:45 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2009

Mindfulness and its uses in medicine, elsewhere topic of free workshop

Advertiser Staff

A free workshop on "Medical and Non-medical Applications of Mindfulness Meditation" will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Taught by Dr. Thanh V. Huynh, the workshop focuses on the benefits, foundation and practice of mindfulness.

Huynh is a radiation oncologist who holds faculty appointments with the medical school and the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i. He has been studying and practicing mindfulness (insight/vipassana) meditation since 1984.

Information: 866-493-7101 or www.vipassanahawaii.org.