Mindfulness in the News

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 [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Zen in the Workplace
September, 22, 2013
In an interview on the art of suffering, Thay said: “You have to consider your idea of happiness. You think it is possible only if you win, if you are on the top.
“But it is not necessarily like that, because even if you are successful in making more money, you still suffer. You compete because you’re not happy and meditation can help you to suffer less.[/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]In Mindfulness, a Method to Sharpen Focus and Open Minds
March 22, 2013
We’re looking so far ahead to the next thing, we miss what’s going on in the present.[/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Mindfulness In The Corporate World: How Businesses Are Incorporating The Eastern Practice
August 29, 2012
What do Google, Target and General Mills have in common?  Meditation. Increasingly, big companies are embracing the practice with Eastern roots, providing courses and opportunities for employees to find their center, the Financial Times Magazine reported.[/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]The mind business
August 24, 2012
Yoga, meditation, ‘mindfulness’ – why some of the west’s biggest companies are embracing eastern spirituality.[/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Meditation Reduces Loneliness and Expression
August 15, 2012
Using 40 adults between the ages of 55 and 85, a newly published study from UCLA scientists found that a two-month program of mindfulness-based stress reduction successfully reduced the feelings of loneliness and the expression of inflammatory genes. [/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Mindful Eating as Food for Thought
February 7, 2012
TRY this: place a forkful of food in your mouth. It doesn’t matter what the food is, but make it something you love — let’s say it’s that first nibble from three hot, fragrant, perfectly cooked ravioli.[/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Mindfulness Meditation Rediscovered
January 1, 2012 
Mindfulness meditation is being rediscovered as a very modern—and medical—path to personal nirvana.[/ezcol_4fifth_end]
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[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Eight weeks to a better brain
January 21, 2011
Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness & stress. Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.  [/ezcol_4fifth_end]