Table 1. The Outline of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (According to Kabat-Zinn (12) and Segal et al. (26)).

Session	Contents of Each Session
1	Introducing the rules of group such as confidentiality, raisin exercise (Eating raisins with the full involvement of the senses of smell, taste, sight and touch), body scan practice (subjective evaluation of body parts, identifying stress and its relaxation), re-breathing training
2	Body scan practice, pleasant event calendar (writing daily events that induced positive emotions such as joy, pride and praise), being mindful in all actions (doing tasks with focus on them through the five senses)
3	Mindful watching and hearing (focusing of watching and hearing without judgment), sitting meditation, three-minute breathing space, mindful walking, and unpleasant event calendar (writing daily events that induced negative emotions such as anxiety, sad, hate, anger, etc.)
4	Mindful watching and hearing, sitting meditation, definition of stress and its related body systems, responding to stress versus reaction to it (not acting immediately and rapidly when experiencing unpleasant emotions, such as anxiety)
5	Sitting meditation, breathing space, mindful metaphors, introducing the concept of “acceptance”, introducing anxiety worksheet
6	Sitting meditation, monitoring the emotions and thoughts, strengthen observer self (observing the internal events such as thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensation without stocking on them)
7	Behavioral activation (identifying pleasure and important daily activities and doing them systematically), identifying actions to do in low-mood periods
8	Review all prior sessions and their results for everyone