{"id":6179,"date":"2017-07-01T20:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T03:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=236"},"modified":"2023-05-20T07:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T07:06:16","slug":"andy-puddicombe-headspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/andy-puddicombe-headspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Monk Creates Meditation App &#8216;Headspace&#8217; to Help Us Slow Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Puddicombe \u2013 Buddhist monk and the founder of the tech startup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headspace.com\/register\">Headspace<\/a> \u2013 is a busy guy. He\u2019s been featured in every magazine ever \u2013 well, almost \u2013 has written two books, and has his own TED Talk. Oh, and a degree in Circus Arts. Really, that\u2019s a thing.<\/p>\n<p>After a string of hard-knocks led him to realize a traditional path to success wasn\u2019t for him, Andy spent the bulk of his 20&#8217;s on a decade-long journey around the world. The trip was spurred by a visit to the Himalayas to study meditation. It culminated in his ordination as Buddhist Monk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back at home, Andy wanted to share what he saw as the gifts of meditation and mindfulness. He found a home in tech where his idea for Headspace took root and then took off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to create the most engaging health platform we can,\u201d Puddicombe told Fast Company. \u201cWe certainly don\u2019t have all the answers. But we do think we have a role to play in starting to get the public to reframe how they think about health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All kinds of people use Headspace \u2013 from ages 18 to 75. Mindfulness and meditation are practices that benefit everyone.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ready for more mindfulness? These <a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/help-feel-whole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">little Buddha kids<\/a> are something else.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Puddicombe \u2013 Buddhist monk and the founder of the tech startup, Headspace \u2013 is a busy guy. He\u2019s been featured in every magazine ever \u2013 well, almost \u2013 has written two books, and has his own TED Talk. Oh, and a degree in Circus Arts. Really, that\u2019s a thing. 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