Li-Yun Wei

From the body to the mind: interoception and sense of agency as mechanisms of depression reduction in the Body-Mind Axial Awareness (BMAA).

Frontiers in Psychology April 7, 2026 Yunn-Wen Lien, Shan-Chuan Teng, Li-Yun Wei

Introduction: Psychological wellbeing among young adults has declined globally, along with rising levels of depression, creating an educational and societal crisis and highlighting the urgent need for school-based mental health interventions. In response, the Body-Mind Axial Awareness (BMAA) method-an embodied body-mind enhancement program rooted in East Asian self-cultivation traditions-was...