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At the San Jose Mercury-News, Mike Cassidy considers the case of a yoga instructor contracted to Facebook who was fired for giving someone a dirty look for using a cell phone during yoga class. According to her boss, she had been warned that cell phones are sacrosanct in Silicon Valley.
Cassidy comments:
Whether you view yoga as an integral aspect of a spiritual experience, as in its Hindu roots, or as a form of fitness regimen to release the “relaxation response,” as in the Western spin, it is difficult to see how cell phones contribute to mindfulness and meditation.
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