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There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype

  • Written by Pierce Salguero, Associate Professor of Asian History & Religious Studies, Penn State
There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hypeHave the benefits of medicine been overhyped in the West?Kilito Chan/Moment via Getty Images

Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term “mindfulness” resulted in almost 3 billion hits. The practice is now routinely offered in workplaces, schools, psychologists’ offices...

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