The word “mindfulness” is peeking its head around many corners of western society, creeping into the conversations of business leaders, pro athletes, life coaches and the cognoscenti. No longer the exclusive domain of Buddhist teachers, this great little article from the New York Times discusses the origin of the term mindfulness from its late 19th … [Read more…]
While mindfulness practice can be done just about anytime or anywhere, the bulk of most people’s meditation practice is usually done at home. Often when people begin to meditate they have preconceptions about what meditation “should” be– quiet, solitary, peaceful, relaxing. But while the practice can be all those things, it is also about not … [Read more…]
My view was that meditation was only for hippies and freaks and people who live in a yurt, and are deeply into aroma therapy and ultimate frisbee and Cat Stevens and John Tesh and use little finger cymbals [symbols?] and use the word ‘namaste’ un-ironically Dan Harris from ABC News underwent a panic attack in … [Read more…]
Want to be more effective at making money on Wall St or at being a better Samurai? Meditation can help –according to this article from Business Week. Maybe not the best motivation for meditating but hey, meditating is better than not. Right? RIGHT??? From Wall Street to Silicon Valley everybody is beginning to realize the … [Read more…]