Should meditation rooms be put in food courts, shopping malls, parks, schools, hospitals & airports?
Can obesity in Sacramento be reduced by designing meditation rooms (quiet spaces) in food courts? If people are eating more from stress or anxiety before visiting hospitals, making decisions, or going to eat in a shopping mall food court or at a public park picnic, would a quiet room for meditation help to curb emotional eating or impulsive decision-making? Would a quiet room near food or medical establishments be a healing tool for those who eat to calm themselves? Instead of using food for comfort in a state of stress, how about a meditation room before a meal or a decision? Non-denominational, interfaith meditation rooms are needed at Sacramento hospitals, medical centers, and similar places to meet the needs of all faiths. Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento is constructing four mediation rooms in three hospitals. In two weeks, a meditation room will open at Kaiser Medical Center on Morse Avenue. See the May 13, 2010 Sacramento Bee article by Jennifer Garza, “Hospitals rethink spiritua
