March Mindfulness is Mashable’s series that examines the intersection of meditation practice and technology. Because even in the time of coronavirus, March doesn’t have to be madness.
Before she discovered the power of mindfulness meditation, a form that focuses on the experience of the present moment, Dr. Amishi Jha had lost feeling in her back teeth due to stress.
The neuroscientist and author of the upcoming book Peak Mind, which explores how to train your attention via a 12-minute daily mindfulness program, had grown up with a dad who practiced meditation every day. Around age 10, Jha was completely turned off from it — that’s when she discovered her male cousins received special Sanskrit mantras on which to meditate as part of their rite of passage ceremony. As a girl, Jha didn’t. Read more…
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