We’re in the middle of a mindfulness revolution. CEOs, professional athletes, prisoners, stressed-out moms, and students are doing it. Google offers free classes at work. The Seattle Sea Hawks claimed…
Mindfulness is intersecting with the leading-edge of neuroscience. Looking at the ancient practice through a scientific lens has been labeled “contemplative neuroscience” and is turning out some extraordinarily robust…
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You may think of mindfulness as one of those far-out-there trends, but it’s been around since antiquity for good reason. Science has proven, beyond any doubt, that a…
It seems like everywhere you turn these days someone is singing the praises of meditation, including me. Science has only fairly recently been able to validate the amazing…
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