Otto Lappi

Effect of Meditative Movement on Affect and Flow in Qigong Practitioners.

Frontiers in Psychology 2019 Pasi Pölönen, Otto Lappi, Mari Tervaniemi

Qigong is a Meditative Movement exercise that consists of mindful movements, regulation of breathing and attentional control. In this study we investigated whether Qigong practice might be associated with the affect and flow of its practitioners during the exercise. Although practitioners of Meditative Movement anecdotally describe flow-like experiences and strong effects on affect there are...