About this episode

This episode explores the evolution of mindfulness from its Buddhist origins to its modern applications in wellness and corporate settings.

In recent years, the practice of 'mindfulness' has become ubiquitous. Mindfulness has outgrown its traditional Buddhist roots and now permeates modern wellness and optimization culture, finding its way into corporate boardrooms, therapist's toolkits, and an ever-increasing number of calmness apps. Yet modern iterations of mindfulness practice often live removed from their original context. The forest ecology from which mindfulness grew was animate and alive, and what we call mindfulness...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Schrei

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• wellness
• corporate culture
• Buddhist roots
• spirituality
• calmness apps

Keywords

• mindfulness
• Buddhism
• wellness culture
• spirituality
• calmness apps
• corporate mindfulness
• optimization culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Buddhism

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