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bananas

(27,509 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:37 AM Apr 2012

"A Mindful Nation": Democratic congressman Tim Ryan on MSNBC with Dylan Ratigan

Tim Ryan has a new book out on mindfulness and talked about it on MSNBC,
a nice upbeat interview: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#46997405

The book is available at amazon.com:
"A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit"
http://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Nation-Practice-Performance-Recapture/dp/1401939295/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334158269&sr=1-1

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"A Mindful Nation": Democratic congressman Tim Ryan on MSNBC with Dylan Ratigan (Original Post) bananas Apr 2012 OP

I hesitate to mention Jackpine Radical Apr 2012 #1

K&R JDPriestly Apr 2012 #2

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

1. I hesitate to mention

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:51 AM

Apr 2012

that I have practiced meditation for many years.

My hesitance, of course, is due to not wanting to provide the opposition with such an easy negative example of how meditation can ruin a mind.

That said, really, if lots more people spent 20 minutes a day in mindfulness meditation practices, the effects would be profound.

I wish they would teach it in the schools. Then they wouldn't have to teach it in the prisons.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 01:15 PM

Apr 2012

A quiet K&R.

Good reminder.

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