In this interview from Shambala Sun, Dr. Kabat-Zinn talks about the neuroscience of mindfulness and meditation. He then goes on to talk about some of the new frontiers mindfulness has entered recently.
The mindfulness work is spilling into areas way beyond medicine and healthcare and also beyond psychology and neuroscience. It’s moving into programs on childbirth and parenting, education, business, athletics and professional sports, the legal profession, criminal justice, even politics. For instance, Tim Ryan, a Democratic congressman from Ohio, has become a major advocate of greater support for mindfulness research and program implementation in both healthcare and education, based on his own experiences with ongoing practice. In so many different domains, it’s becoming recognized as virtually axiomatic that the mind and body are and always have been on intimate speaking terms, at least biologically. We need to learn to be much more tuned in to the conversation and participate actively if we are going to function effectively and optimize our health and well-being.
I would add alternative dispute resolution to Dr. Kabat-Zinn's list of arenas where mindfulness in enjoying increased attention.
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