“The number of Americans who meditate spiked to 14.2% in 2017, up from 4.1% in 2012” I’ve been teaching meditation for more than 40 years so I’ve been tracking this trend for decades. But this recent surge in interest in the US took even me by surprise. We seem to be fast approaching that 20%…

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More than 35% of US Corporations offer meditation or mindfulness training to their employees: Google, Apple, IBM, Intel, McKinsey & Company, General Electric, General Mills, Nike, Sony, Ford, Target, IKEA, eBay, LinkedIn, and the U.S. Marines, to name a few. What is driving this trend? After all, meditation has a history dating back more than…

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Meditation and mindfulness are very much in the news these days, and it seems like all sorts of people, including a long list of celebrities, are trying it And it’s not just eccentric Hollywood stars and top athletes. Now even corporate icons and politicians are advocating meditation. Here’s a fairly random and very incomplete list…

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