I really talk a lot about this new age crap and why it sucks in this week's awesome article about the mental side of poker (aka how poker will drive you mental).

Why Mindfulness Sucks

Mindfulness is an important part of Buddhism, and it’s become a bit of a buzzword over the past few years with people pimping it out in all sorts of ways to try to profit from talking about mindfulness in X, Y or Z field. Because of this, mindfulness kind of sucks because it’s gotten to the point that a lot of people don’t take it seriously. This is much like how many people think that meditation is just some new age junk that doesn’t have any scientific backing, though that’s in the decline since it’s been shown to drastically change the structure and functioning of your brain over time.
KEEP READING: Mindfulness and the Manifestation of Mental Weakness in Poker

Anyone here meditate regularly? I remember ISF/Max and some others talking about the school they went to where they were taught to do this.