Congressman Tim Ryan: The Mindful Nation
And Jon sent me on a journey that led to the book, A Mindful Nation, which really celebrates the scientists, the teachers, the people doing the work on the ground out into the world, and I think really transforming our country.
Dr. Deepak Chopra: And now you’ve brought it to Washington.
Congressman Tim Ryan: –Yeah. Yeah.
Dr. Deepak Chopra: In a way. Tell me what you’re doing in Washington with mindfulness.
Congressman Tim Ryan: Well, we have a bill and several other pieces of legislation, but we have a piece of legislation that promotes integrative health, which includes mindfulness and other practices.
Dr. Deepak Chopra: Um hmm.
Congressman Tim Ryan: That we’re pushing. And there’s a petition. You can go to www.timryanforcongress.com to sign the petition that we will push out to try to get ten integrative health centers throughout the U.S. You can get meditation and these different approaches in L.A., in New York, in Washington, but out in the rest of the country, you can’t get them. So, this bill helps us set up ten of those centers around the country and really promotes and research and study.
Dr. Deepak Chopra: So, you kind of authored the bill.
Congressman Tim Ryan: Yes.
Dr. Deepak Chopra: But, it still has to pass, right?
Congressman Tim Ryan: Yeah, we got to get it through the House.
Dr. Deepak Chopra: Um hmm.
