In the Last decade mindfulness has been on the rise. Because of its growing magnitude and awareness more and more people have been practicing mindfulness. This is because of many reasons including : Major cooperation's using it, Increased Google search, and increased science backing for mindfulness. According to a report done by a group of mindfulness practitioners in the UK, that "86% of people agree that “people would be much happier and healthier if they knew how to slow down
and live in the moment.”
Because of the increased use of computer use in the common home, more and more people are connected everyday. At the touch of a button we have the worlds knowledge at our finger tips. Due to more people being able to connect to the internet, more and more people are able to gain access to the knowledge of mindfulness. As shown a graph created by Google shows the amount of people who have been goggling about mindfulness in the few years. 
A possible reason as to why people have been using Google at an increased rate may be because of increased corporation backing of mindfulness. More and more companies such as Forbes have done articles about the benefits of using mindfulness in life. The magazine described mindfulness as the "the antidote, say more and more practitioners, and an increasing number of scientific studies. The ages-old practice teaches a person to be more focused on the present moment, rather than caught up in thoughts about the past or worries about the future." If people are able to read positive things about mindfulness from a very highly read magazine such as Forbes, it is possible to guess that more and more people will be using Google to find more out about it.
A possible reason as to why people have been using Google at an increased rate may be because of increased corporation backing of mindfulness. More and more companies such as Forbes have done articles about the benefits of using mindfulness in life. The magazine described mindfulness as the "the antidote, say more and more practitioners, and an increasing number of scientific studies. The ages-old practice teaches a person to be more focused on the present moment, rather than caught up in thoughts about the past or worries about the future." If people are able to read positive things about mindfulness from a very highly read magazine such as Forbes, it is possible to guess that more and more people will be using Google to find more out about it.
The reason as to why more companies have been using mindfulness has come in the form of science. Since the 1970's scientist have been proving that mindfulness has a positive affect on the brain as well as the self being. Work done by Jon Kabat-Zinn a microbiology Ph.D. Proved that patients who used mindfulness had a tremendous reduction in chronic stress. Other positive affects have been found including those found by Sara Lazar at the university of Massachusetts, who found that "people who have been mindfulness mediators for several decades have structural features in their brains that are proportional to their number of hours of practice." This relates back to the fact that mindfulness has a positive affect on the brain, and to why more and more companies have been backing the use of mindfulness. As more people find out about mindfulness, more and more attention will be drawn toward mindfulness in the future.
Sources :
"'60 Minutes' Explores The Rise Of Mindfulness, From Google To Congress."Forbes. Forbes Magazine, n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.
The Science of Mindfulness. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.
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