22 People & Companies to Follow In The Mindfulness Industry

TODAY'S NEWSLETTER CONTENT:

1. The Top 22 Mindful People & Companies You Must Follow
2. Listening Tour For The American Mindfulness Association

People Matter

People are the heart of my mindfulness practice being with people (in person, online or via phone). As we begin The Mindfulness Connection Newsletter I want to share with you 22 people and companies you must follow Mindfulness Thought Leaders who are people I listen to, learn from, and know you should too. If you click their name you will find their LinkedIn profiles or preferred social connection link.

22 Thought Leaders To Follow

Since 1979 when Jon Kabat Zinn began bringing mindfulness to the United States the thoughts, people and companies have grown by the thousands. Educational Institutions now have full programs dedicated to mindfulness and the concepts are now available from kindergarten classrooms to prisons and in global workplaces. Curating a connection point for this work starts with the key people and companies that despite all the mindful skeptics continue to press on.

As we develop the mindfulness industry - here is an initial list in alphabetical order by their first name. Those with a ?? are mindful practitioners, ???are authors or researchers, ??? is a company, and ?? is a technology or app.

Amishi Jha, PHD, professor University of Miami ?? has built her life work on helping people pay attention as their life depends on. She is an acclaimed neuroscientist her lab within the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami uses behavioral methods, event-related potentials, and functional MRI to investigate attention and working memory. We are particularly interested in understanding how these systems work together to select and de-select information. In addition, we investigate how core selection processes may be modified with training (including mindfulness-based training techniques) and mental mode manipulations (including mood, self-focus, and creativity).

Calm , The #1 App for Meditation and Sleep ?? ??? Calm?is the #1?app?for sleep and meditation. Join the millions experiencing better sleep, lower stress, and less anxiety.

Cheryl Jones , ?? Wellness Expert, has?authored two books,?Thriving When Your Cosmic Egg Is Cracked: A Mindful Journey?and?Mindful Exercise: A Bridge Between Yoga and Exercise.?I was recently voted one of 12 Most Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement by Mindful Magazine

Clif Smith ?? Author - Mindfulness Without the Bells & Beads Clif is a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher by the UC San Diego School of Medicine, an ICF certified executive coach, and a certified Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence teacher. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems from Bellevue University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Cole Harbor , Institute of Organizational Mindfulness ???Cole is an Executive Officer at IOM where he promotes organizational science and mindfulness to detoxify organizations and empower workforces. He is the host of monthly IOM educational sessions that feature corporate mindfulness initiatives.

Dan Harris, 10 Percent Happier ???? ??? former ABC News Anchor is the founder of 10% Happier and author of the podcast and book by the same name. His work offers relatable wisdom designed to help you meet the challenges and opportunities in your daily life.

David Gelles , Mindful Work ?? My first book, ‘Mindful Work: How Meditation is Changing Business from the Inside Out’ was published in 2015 and named one of Amazon's best business books of the year.

David Treleaven ?? Author - Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe Transformative Healing From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life: the majority of us will experience a traumatic event in our lifetime, and up to 20% of us will develop posttraumatic stress. This means that anywhere mindfulness is being practiced, someone in the room is likely to be struggling with trauma.

Dr. Kristin Neff, PhD ?? Employees who are more self-compassionate are able to deal with stress more effectively, are more satisfied with their job and stick with it even if it gets hard, are motivated when they fail, keep trying, have more grit, etc.– Kristin Neff, author of?Self-Compassion, The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

Focus Calm ????? EEG Headband & Braining Training Program - I love a good technology toy that is also a wellness device. Much like a heart rate monitor can read your pulse, the FocusCalm headband detects the electrical activity in your brain. When you are focused and calm, your brain gives off a specific signal that we measure using our AI algorithm. Then, we quantify your FocusCalm Score based on 1250 data points in your brainwave signals.

Headspace ????? Andy Puddicombe Andy Puddicombe is a?meditation ?and?mindfulness ?expert. An accomplished presenter and writer, Andy is the voice of all things Headspace. In his early twenties, midway through a university degree in Sports Science, Andy made the unexpected decision to travel to the Himalayas to study meditation instead. It was the beginning of a ten-year journey that took him around the world, culminating with ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in Northern India. His transition back to lay life in 2004 was no less extraordinary. Training briefly at Moscow State Circus, he returned to London where he completed a degree in Circus Arts with the Conservatoire of Dance and Drama, whilst drawing up the early plans for what was later to become Headspace.

Insight Timer ????? The best meditation app with the world's largest FREE library of more than 130k guided meditations, 14k teachers & the world's most loved?meditation Timer.

Jon Kabat Zinn ?? ?Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.?

Jonathan Reynolds, Mindful Life, Mindful Work, Inc. Mindful Life, Mindful Work, Inc. (MLMW)?is a leadership development company providing services that address the intersection of self-awareness and team performance. Our mindfulness-based performance improvement?services?optimize and scale your efforts, resulting in?more effective leadership, greater team alignment, real employee commitment, and a company?culture that is deeply connected to your mission.

Judson Brewer, MD, PHD ?? Dr. Jud is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare, as well as a research affiliate at MIT. Before that, he held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts’ Center for Mindfulness. Read more about?his research .

Michelle Maldonado , Founder & CEO Lucenscia ?? A Bridge To Better?is a community of leaders, educators, parents, colleagues and other change agents who are learning, sharing, and collaborating to courageously co-create the conditions for social and racial justice. We are committed to taking wise and compassionate action on the road to transforming ourselves and society.

Mo Edjali, Mindful Leader Chief Community Organizer of Mindful Leader, our mission is to enable people to foster the advancement of mindfulness and compassion in the workplace. He has served as a board member or advisor to multiple non-profits including Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC, Insight on the Inside, Minds Incorporated, Think Impact, Art for Humanity, and Hungry for Music.?

Mrs. Mindfulness ?? Melli O'Brien ?? Specializes in teaching people to be mentally strong - through multi-day immersion retreats, courses, and keynotes. I'm stoked that the readership of my blog on mindful living, mrsmindfulness.com, is over 200,000 people. I love sharing (and showing the science behind) the world’s wisdom teachings and making them accessible and practical for everyday people.

Pat Burgess, Defence, and Civilian Mindfulness & Resilience Trainer _Pat Burgess have successfully taught mindfulness courses both in the military and civilian life. Recognized as one of the country's leading specialists, his mindfulness training is in high demand.

Scott Schute ?? Changing Work From The Inside Out - I'm grateful that I get to integrate all of my passions and bring my full self to work. Working with leaders who want to transform themselves and their organizations for good. Leading regular meditation sessions. Teaching classes about compassion and growth mindset. Taking time for photography when I travel for business. Changing work from the inside out.

Search Inside Yourself Institute ?? ??? We teach practical mindful leadership and emotional intelligence tools to unlock your full potential. Productivity. Leadership. Happiness. We train business leaders to be emotionally intelligent through mindfulness practices—all of which are backed by science. We do this through our Search Inside Yourself program, which was developed at Google. We're excited to offer this course to leading businesses and individuals worldwide.

Sharon Salzberg ?? Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. She is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA and has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Sharon has been a student of meditation since 1971, guiding retreats worldwide since 1974. She is a weekly columnist for On Being, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and the author of many books including "Real Happiness," "Real Happiness at Work" and "Lovingkindness."

As I worked to curate this list for you it was a joy to recognize for every name on this list there are about 5 more I could add. Whom would you add to this list? Send their name and LinkedIn link to me and you just might find you and them featured in an upcoming edition of The Mindfulness Connection.

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Listening Tour For The American Mindfulness Association

I love mindfulness and I know you do too! As I have been curating this newsletter and running my own company Leadership Solutions International since 2010 it has come to my attention now is time to bring together mindfulness with its own professional association. Professional Associations—are organizations that are established to further specific professions and the interests of those who work in them. Perhaps you have heard of the National Association of REALTORS or Amerian Dental Association. These organizations bring together the individuals within the profession to share a common purpose to connect and benefit from the collective wisdom of one another. Together they advance the industry and profession. While many of you are just getting to know me my life's work comes out of the building, leading, and managing associations. As a not-for-profit organization, this association brings together the teachers, researchers, government entities, technology companies, and organizations that believe in the secular and neuroscience-based practice of mindfulness.

So now is the time - we are the people. Join me in the creation phase of the American Mindfulness Association as a starting point I'll be hosting three listening sessions where I will share the vision of the work and listen for your ideas on how you want to be involved. Here are the details onthe first session.

Monday, March 14 - https://www.dhirubhai.net/events/6905998294720364544/about/

https://www.dhirubhai.net/company/american-mindfulness-association/

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Don't miss our next edition of The Mindfulness Connection where I will share the findings from the American Mindfulness Listening Tour and insights on Mindful Economics. What would you like to learn more about? Send me an email [email protected] or [email protected] direct message me here on LinkedIn.

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