Mindfulness is in the news. Ruby Wax and Julie Myerson have sworn to its efficacy in helping them with depression and anxiety. But mindfulness programmes aren’t just being used within mental health. Similar interventions are taking place in education, criminal justice and the workplace. This year over 70 MPs and Peers attended mindfulness classes and …
Earlier this month, Saki Santorelli, EdD, associate professor of medicine and executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, joined Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan at the Manhattan JCC for a discussion about the power of mindfulness to reduce stress, improve performance and “recapture the American spirit.” Congressman Ryan is the …
Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, has been a man on a mission ever since he did a 5 day mindfulness retreat back in 2008 led by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. His new book which was published last month ‘A Mindful Nation – How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, …