Ajit Vaidya (shown seated far right), a resident of Chicago , has been practicing meditation for ten years. He initially completed an 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) meditation course in Madison , WI in 1997, based on a model developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center . Ajit teaches the six-week Mindfulness Meditation workshop offered quarterly at Heaven Meets Earth Yoga Studio. The course is based on the mindfulness practice outlined in Jon Kabat-Zinn's book "Full Catastrophe Living", which is required reading for the workshop. The course covers various aspects of mindfulness meditation practice, including sitting meditation, body scan, mindful yoga, and walking meditation. In addition to teaching the mindfulness meditation course, Ajit also practices Zen Buddhist meditation at the Chicago Zen Center in Evanston.