Yunn-Wen Lien

2 papers in the library · publishing 2016-2026

Papers

From body to mind: how body-mind axial awareness training enhances body awareness, mindfulness, positive embodiment and mental health in healthcare students.

Health psychology and behavioral medicine January 1, 2026 Yi-Min Tien, Chia-Yao Lin, Yunn-Wen Lien et al.

Eight weeks of Body-Mind Axial Awareness (BMAA) training, involving weekly two-hour sessions and daily home practice, led to greater improvements in body awareness, mindfulness, positive embodiment, and mental health compared to a control group among healthcare students. After statistically adjusting for baseline differences due to non-random enrollment, the BMAA group showed significant pre-post gains across most measures, including enhanced emotional awareness and expression, reduced anxiety, and higher life satisfaction. The findings suggest BMAA may help healthcare students manage stress and build psychological resilience during professional training.

DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2026.2656029 Full text Mindfulness Body awareness Mental health Positive embodiment

What Confucius practiced is good for your mind: Examining the effect of a contemplative practice in Confucian tradition on executive functions.

Consciousness and Cognition May 1, 2016 Shan-Chuan Teng, Yunn-Wen Lien

A month-long, 12-hour movement-based contemplative practice called Body-Mind Axial Awareness (BMAA), rooted in Confucian traditions, improved working memory capacity more than Chan-meditation or a waiting-list control. Chan-meditation, but not BMAA, improved attentional switching compared to the control group. No differences were found for inhibition. The findings suggest that movement-based and mindfulness-based practices may enhance different aspects of executive functions in distinct ways.

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.03.016 Full text Meditation Executive function Mindfulness training Movement-based contemplative training +2