What Is Mindfulness, Really? with Daron Larson

Show Notes

Nick and Daron discuss what mindfulness is exactly and how to incorporate more mindfulness into your own life (without sitting on a yoga mat repeating a mantra for hours).

Show Notes:

• What is mindfulness?
• The trappings of mindfulness
• Mindfulness as exercise for your attention
• Mindfulness vs mindfulness meditation
• Formal vs ordinary mindfulness
• Mindfulness as attention management
• Giuseppe's Italian restaurant Columbus Ohio
• Are mindfulness apps overrated?
• Daron’s personal mindfulness practice
• Shinzen Young
• Daron's approach to attentional cross-training
• Obstacles to starting a mindfulness practice
• The two muscles of mindfulness
• “Mindfulness is a no-lose game that feels like a no-win game.”
• The spiritual aspects of mindfulness

You can follow Daron Larson here:

• Website
• Twitter

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