Lucy Jane Draper-Clarke

Cultivating well-being, community cohesion and sense of purpose through African contemplative practices

Research Square July 11, 2023 Lucy Jane Draper-Clarke, Caryn Green preprint

Abstract Exploring Southern African contemplative traditions addresses an important gap in the fields of mindfulness and contemplative science. In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. During a research retreat in South Africa, attended by traditional...