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spuz | karma 4406 | avg karma 3.5 · 2019-02-06 10:29:37+00:00

Sounds like you had a bad workshop the first time round. Mindfulness should be rational, scientific and entirely free of woo or magical thinking.

fooblat | karma 1212 | avg karma 6.25 · 2019-02-06 10:42:26+00:00

I can only agree with you 100%. However, it seems this is not a universal view.

yoz-y | karma 5824 | avg karma 2.35 · 2019-02-06 11:33:13

Recently I have been bombarded by ads for some mindfulness app on youtube. All of their ads talk about ancient aliens and crystals, whereas the application presents itself as a yoga and meditation thing. The content has both.

I guess that for some reason the target audiences overlap enough that bundling the woo and meditation makes some economical sense.

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collyw | karma 8776 | avg karma 1.06 · 2019-02-06 11:06:04+00:00

These days the word is used so frequently that it seems to include everything and is almost meaningless.