Linda Lehrhaupt is an American Zen teacher, mainly in Germany, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (IMA). \xa0 She began teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 1993 See institute-for-mindfulness.org. \xa0Her group in Germany is \xa0zen-herz.de \xa0(Zen Heart). \xa0She's a teacher in the White Plum Asangha. \xa0See openmindzen.com. \xa0She's a co-author of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: The MBSR Program to Enhance Health and Vitality, and author of Tai Chi as a Path of Wisdom.