Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program: An Overview Dharmender Kumar Nehra, NovRattan Sharma, Pradeep Kumar and Sheetal Nehra You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you. —Brian Tracy In Modern everyday life, human beings are constantly dealing with various stresses. It may be because of hectic lifestyle and intense work pressure, under which we live today. In addition, personal ambitions, social pressure, and individual orientation to sedentary mental work, with many other possible reasons, make everyone go through persistent stresses. Although the acuity of the stress response and its behavioral manifestations have been shown to vary greatly between individuals (Tyrka et al. 2006), it becomes a potential problem when it is persists or is intense. It threatens the homeostasis, which in turn is balanced through physical and psychological mechanism. Constantly stressful situation may disrupt the balance of health and the body’s ability to maintain wellness and lead to poor health. It is generally accepted that debilitating stress affects mental and physical well-being detrimentally (Evans, Huckelebridge, Clow, 2000). Because of its epidemiological transition stress is getting widespread attention in the scientific literature, as potential risk factors for many diseases. An enlarging body of evidence suggests that stress is an underlying risk factor for many health conditions (Mooy, Vries, Grootenhuis et al., 2000), including physical as well as mental illnesses (Koenen, Lyons, Goldberg, et al., 2003). Dharmender Kumar Nehra, Clinical Psychologist, State Institute of Mental Health (SIMH) PGIMS Bt. B.D. Sharma, University of Health Sciences, Rohatk , Haryana dknehra@yahoo.com Nov Ratten Sharma, Professor, Department of Psychology, M. D. University, Rohtak sharmanr5@gmail.com Sheetal Nehra, Deaprtment of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohatk Mental Health Mental Health Mental Health Mental Health Mental Health Risks and Resources Risks and Resources Risks and Resources Risks and Resources Risks and Resources Edited by Deepi Hooda NovRattan Sharma Publish by Global Vision Publishing House