“To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and his team study the world’s “Blue Zones,” communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. Dan Buettner debunks the most common myths and offers a science-backed blueprint for the average American to live another 12 quality years.”
“What makes us happy? Most people are misguided or just plain wrong. Living our best life involves optimizing how we evaluate our life, how we experience it from day to day and how to live out our purpose.”
- Dan Buettner
The Blue Zones Project initiative is based on decades of research by National Geographic Fellow and New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner who has identified five cultures across the globe, called the Blue Zones, with high concentrations of people who live to age 100 or older. These longevity hotspots include our neighbors to the west in Loma Linda, California as well as Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Sardinia, Italy; and Ikaria, Greece. So, what makes these cultures so special? Researchers have found a number of common denominators, called the Power 9, across these populations, including a deep sense of community and connection to loved ones, a strong sense of purpose, plant-based diets and lifestyles that are naturally active, to name a few.
Let’s make our own “Blue Zones" in our communities and save the healthcare dollar from being spent in hospitals & doctors’ offices to our personal wellbeing. All across USA mindfulness leadership is working with local communities to develop this simple lifestyle changes for healthy outcomes.
Again
The work starts
As you open your eyes in the morning
Hopefully you got
Some good rest last night
Why go into the city or fields
Without kissing
The Friend.
- Hafiz (Persian Poet)
