When I read Ruth Whippman’s critique on the current mindfulness revolution—its urging that we to be in the moment—it was 3 a.m. I wasn’t quite there. But at a more reasonable hour — and level of consciousness — I considered Whippman’s opinion, which ran Nov. 26 in The New York Times.
In her piece, the “America the Anxious” author argues that despite our current preoccupation with mindfulness — everyone from spiritual leaders to human resources offices and the U.S. Marine Corps are buying into its virtues — maybe the practice shouldn’t be celebrated as the sole or most effective mental health healing balm.
