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the point of the article is how the UK's version of mindfulness "mass produced" for public education carries all of those things as implied ideological baggage.

Of course mindfulness practice is not about labeling emotion as irrational, but the reasoning behind implementing it in the education system is very close to this.

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Indeed.

And if the teaching frees the student from that idea, then we can see that as an opportunity to give it a try.

But I can see how it could do harm if the teaching is also twisted to the point that it reinforces that idea.

Going mainstream almost always implies loosing something important in the process. It's hard to condence years of teaching in a few hours.

Maybe, but the article is kinda just saying that -- I don't see the quoted sentences from the instructors as evidence that they just want to suppress anger or think that anger is always irrational.

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