Mindfulness and Neuroscience: Let's Make A Deal

It seems that everyone is talking about mindfulness lately. Have you heard? *The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society is working with a number of groups--college faculty, attorneys and judges, social justice workers, business leaders, youth and those who work with young people--to encourage the incorporation of contemplative practices in a variety of settings. *Film director David Lynch is traveling across the U.S. offering presentations and podcasts about the power of Transcendental Meditation. *Colleges such as Portland State University in Oregon are offering meditation classes at no charge to any interested students. The focus is on stress-reduction, not spirituality. *Goldie Hawn's organization, the Bright Light Foundation, is studying the effects of mindfulness education in students in the Vancouver, B.C. area. The program