Der er fremsat kritik af den måde, mindfulness-begrebet er blevet kommercialiseret og markedført inden for sundhedsområdet. Desuden har man efterlyst flere og bedre metoder til eftervisning af virkningerne af mindfulness-behandling.<ref name="Creswell" />{{refn|group= note|Her mangler mere detaljeret henvisning}}<ref name="KengSmoskiRobins2011"/><ref>{{cite web |last1= Farias |first1= Miguel | name-list-style = |title= Mindfulness Has Lost Its Buddhist Roots, and it may not be doing you good |url= https://theconversation.com/mindfulness-has-lost-its-buddhist-roots-and-it-may-not-be-doing-you-good-42526 |website= The Conversation |access-date= 5. februar 2020 | quote = What was once a tool for spiritual exploration has been turned into a panacea for the modern age — a cure-all for common human problems, from stress, to anxiety, to depression. [...] Yet the potential for emotional and psychological disturbance is rarely talked about by mindfulness researchers, the media, or mentioned in training courses. [...] Mindfulness has been separated from its roots, stripped of its ethical and spiritual connotations, and sold to us as a therapeutic tool. [...] Instead, as Giles Coren recently claimed, this technique has been turned into a McMindfulness which only reinforces one’s egocentric drives. }}</ref>
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