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Uzi Selcer, M.D., was introduced to mindfulness meditation during a course on MBSR for physicians in 1999. This led to an interest in the Buddhist basis of mindfulness practices and a dedicated study of early Buddhist teachings. Uzi had the good fortune to sit several in-person retreats with Bhikkhu Analayo, including a month-long retreat at the Forest Refuge on early Buddhist meditation practices and a retreat at BCBS on the Brahmaviharas and emptiness.
Uzi retired in 2025 after a 35-year career as a physician and feels his medical practice greatly benefited from the application of many mindfulness-based practices in daily life and the workplace. Uzi has been a facilitator of the weekly meditation program for inmates at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility since 2010. He has also assisted in teaching courses in Spanish based on Bhikkhu Analayo’s courses on Anapanasati and Brahmaviharas & Emptiness.
