Mindfulness is a Survival Skill

In some circles, there is a prevailing opinion that mindfulness, inner work, contemplativeness, etc. are nice-to-haves. Behind this thinking is the idea that having space to not focus solely on basic needs is “privilege”.  I call bullshit on that. Privilege is a real issue to be aware of but it doesn’t apply in this case. For two reasons: 1) Privilege i…