Mindfulness Therapy
Published May 27th, 2008
Ian emailed me a link to this interesting New York Times article on the use of Buddhist mindfulness practices as a psychotherapeutic technique. The “catch-and-release” method mentioned in the following quote might sound familiar:
This exercise in focused awareness and mental catch-and-release of emotions has become perhaps the most popular new psychotherapy technique of the past decade. Mindfulness meditation, as it is called, is rooted in the teachings of a fifth-century B.C. Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha.
