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Meet the New Year mindfully!

2016 is coming to a close — thank goodness! It's been a challenging year, with political upsets that the pundits…

December 1, 2016

Mindfulness is a capitalist grift: How faux enlightenment maintains our status quo

Kali Holloway, Salon: I stumbled across mindfulness, the meditation practice now favored by titans of tech, sensitive C-suiters, new media…

July 16, 2015

What is mindfulness and should we be doing it?

Rosie Hopegood, The Mirror: Everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Goldie Hawn has been dropping the buzzword ‘mindfulness’ lately. But while…

July 6, 2015

George Takei on ‘Being Gay, Being Buddhist’

George Takei, Lion's Roar: The actor, author, and undisputed King of Social Media reflects on his fascinating personal history: his…

January 24, 2015

Jerry Seinfeld credits meditation for endless energy

Michael D'Estries, Mother Nature News: Comedian, who has practiced Transcendental Meditation for 40 years, says the technique has helped him…

November 18, 2014

More Mindfulness, Less Meditation

Tony Schwartz, New York Times: More Mindfulness, Less Meditation. Here’s the promise: Meditation – and mindfulness meditation, in particular –…

February 4, 2014

The secret to Goldie Hawn’s sunny disposition

Judith Newman, Prevention: Since the 1970s, Hawn, 67, has been a practitioner of meditation and living mindfully. Through the Hawn…

December 18, 2012

Liv Tyler uses meditation to deal with ADD

Irish Examiner: Liv Tyler meditates to deal with attention deficit disorder (ADD). The 35-year-old actress - daughter of Aerosmith frontman…

December 18, 2012

Thai Group says Steve Jobs reincarnated as warrior-philosopher

A rather quirky Buddhist organization has taken the distasteful, and I must assume dishonest, step of making claims about Steve…

August 31, 2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers members ask for meditation room before Romania concert

The famous rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, which will be performing in Romania on August 31, asked for a…

August 25, 2012