This chapter draws upon my own experience with contemplative practice, meditation and mindfulness to examine the relationship between nondual awareness and liberation. Engaging with the Du Boisian notion of double consciousness as well as scholarship on Black feminism, Black studies and critical race studies, I narrate my engagement with nondual approaches to spirituality and mindfulness...
As many health disparities in American minority communities (AMCs) are stress-related, there has been an increased interest in the development of mindfulness programs as potential stress reduction measures in these communities. However, the bulk of the extant literature on mindfulness research and mindfulness interventions is based upon experiences with the larger White community. The intent of...