Mindfulness: Hospitals promoting calming techniques
Healing and overall well-being are the objectives of medical professionals worldwide. Toward that end, three prominent facilities are promoting mental tranquility and ‘living in the now.’
In “The Hidden Price of Mindfulness Inc.,” David Gelles explores ways we’re being sold the idea that we can buy mindfulness. He’s right; just go to the app store on your phone.
Hospitals and marketers are devising new ways to help patients, staff and even medical school students help quiet their minds to improve mental and physical health.
Dr. Michelle Dossett at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital led a research team that concluded mind/body practices can “lead to improved self-awareness, and may enhance other self-care behaviors.”
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Dossett said:
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