Mindfulness mania strikes Boise with a message: Ignore that Facebook alert and focus

Of the three breathing exercises at the Wisdom 2.0 Connect conference in Boise, the second was the longest.

Michele Tae instructed the 200 attendees to close their eyes and focus on their breathing. Tae, the director of Mindfulness Center Idaho, occasionally rang her singing bell. She told them to think of the thoughts passing through their minds like clouds in a vast, blue sky.

Such exercises help people discover "mindfulness," which encourages people to live in the moment without being distracted by their chirping Facebook alerts or a son’s hockey schedule or the chewing sound in the next cubicle.

By Zach Kyle

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