Monday, June 29, 2015

The Higher Life

A mindfulness guru for the tech set. 

Andy Puddicombe, a 42-year-old British meditation teacher trained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, has been making waves with his iPhone app, Headspace, which teaches meditation and mindfulness techniques and claims Richard Branson among its three million users. The New Yorker looks at what the fuss is all about here.

Via +Connie Loizos 

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