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Mindfulness Is Going Mainstream Because of Science

BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT

Mindfulness has gone from hippie-dippie magical thinking to science-based health hack. What gives?

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In a pristine office with huge windows overlooking midtown Manhattan, just steps away from the hustle and bustle of Penn Station, the transcendental meditation teacher Bob Roth sits not in flowing garb, but the blazer/pants combination that wouldn't put him out of place on the streets of New York.

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