2 papers in the library · publishing 2024
August 27, 2024 Alexander H. Ross
This chapter introduces the practical aspects of breath meditation and breathwork in the context of the framework bringing in physiological, neuroscientific and phenomenological explanations. This is extended to show how manipulation of the breath can cause changes in these factors to help engender different states of mind and bodily experiences. It is shown how a range of common factors for...
August 27, 2024 Alexander H. Ross
This chapter describes the mindsets of external listening from a psychoanalytic or psychodynamic perspective. Freud&s;s concept of evenly suspended or free-floating attention is matched with a particular breath meditation. Brief psychotherapy and unfocussed listening offer perspectives on either end of the concentration spectrum (focussed and open, respectively), with alterations that can be...