Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) educator at the University of California, San Francisco's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. She has led mindfulness workshops at Google, UC Berkeley School of Law, and even within federal prisons for incarcerated women. As a Buddhist Ritual Minister through Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Bonnie blends research-backed mindfulness techniques with deep personal wisdom...
…She is a founding supporter of the Compassion Coalition and an active member of the international MBSR teaching community, The Authors Guild, Women’s National Book Association, and the Coalition of POW/MIA Families.
Bonnie’s personal journey, captured in her upcoming memoir, “Bone, Breath, and Fire: A Daughter’s Search for Her Missing Father,” explores themes of grief, resilience, and mindfulness. The loss of her MIA father shaped her early years, leading from a childhood of hidden sorrows to a tumultuous adolescence, a challenging first marriage, and an eventual transformation into a mindfulness teacher.
Her lifelong connection to breath has been a guiding force from childhood fears of gasping for air to her work as a respiratory therapist, where she sat beside dying patients. This path led her to meditation practice and, ultimately, to leading hundreds of people in facing mortality through small groups inspired by “A Year to Live.”
As an experienced teacher and speaker, Bonnie is passionate about helping others find peace and resilience through mindfulness.
Would you like to learn how mindfulness can transform your stress into presence? Bonnie is available for interviews, speaking engagements, and workshops.
Bonnie recently published an article in Tricycle Magazine, which aligns with this conversation. You can read it here: https://tricycle.org/magazine/daughter-grief-dharma/
Find Bonnie at bonnieobj@comcast.net, http://bonnieobrienjonsson.com
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