If you love the Rubin, you’ll want to check out our Weekly Reads: a curated list of recent headlines from the art world, the Himalayas, and beyond. Click the links in the article descriptions below to read the full stories.
Highlights from this week’s round up include:
- Mindfulness is proven an effective treatment for back pain
- Global warming poses threats for those living in the Himalayan Valley
- The New York Times explores the growing trend of mindfulness meditation at places like the Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum in the News
- “No Texts, Please, We’re Meditating” (The New York Times)
- “Sacred Spaces with Tim McHenry” (Splacer Magazine)
Upcoming Speakers
- “What Questlove Has To Say About Today’s Food-Obsessed Culture” (The Smithsonian)
Questlove will be participating in a Brainwave talk at the Rubin on April 25.
Mind/Body Practices
- NRP: For Chronic Low Back Pain, Mindfulness Can Beat Painkillers
- HuffPost Healthy Living: Cutting Through the Corporate Mindfulness Hype
- HuffPost Business: To be Mindful, Try to Have Less Mind
Buddhism
- Huffington Post: The Two Tiers of Buddhist Loving-Kindness Practice
Himalayan Region
- SciDev.net: Warming spells trouble for Himalayan people
- The Times of India: Xi Jinping wants Nepal to be a bridge between China and India
- Business Insider: Prince Harry will travel to the Himalayas to repay a 200-year-old favor to Nepal’s elite Gurkha troops
- Business Standard: A multi-cultural walk in the Himalayas
Museums and Cultural Institutions
- The New York Times: Making Museums Moral Again