This new version, known as mindfulness-based stress reduction, is gaining traction in places that would never have embraced earlier variants. Eighteen million Americans now have a regular practice,38 and, by the end of 2017, 44 percent of all U.S. companies will offer mindfulness39 training to employees. Since rolling out their program, Aetna estimates40 that it’s saved $2,000 per employee in health-care costs, and gained $3,000 per employee in productivity.
