Narayan Liebenson, a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, speaks to Mo Lotman about the benefits of mindfulness and attention.
We’ve suspected for years that technology fragments attention to the detriment of our peace of mind and mental health. But is the mindfulness championed so thoughtfully by Liebenson mere mystical woo-woo, or a serious remedy?
The neuroscience is in, and the answer is yes. Meditation quiets the posterior cingulate cortex, where many of our distracted thoughts, ruminations, and cravings live.
Narayan Liebenson