In the shadow of Parliament, a scientist guides hundreds of people in mass meditation
What a beautiful article ~ well worth the read. One of the reason #whyIteachmindfulness is to help children (and adults) learn to experience what stillness feels like, what calm and peace feels like. What kindness feels like. We connect thoughts emotions and body sensations to help better understands our own minds and emotions which helps develop empathy and compassion for what others are experiencing.
"If someone stumbled out of a war zone or an earthquake zone, and came up on us sitting here," he tells the crowd, "they would say, 'This is what peace looks like.'" Read more...
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Jon Kabat-Zinn, the scientist credited with making mindfulness mainstream, has authored books, coached CEOs and treated chronic pain patients in the basement of a U.S. hospital