3 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2018
Routledge eBooks October 9, 2018 Kevin Page 1 citation
Abraham Maslow started two revolutions in psychology, humanistic and transpersonal psychology. Humanistic psychology, which started as a protest movement against behaviorism and psychoanalysis, looked at the sense of self more than the unconscious or external behavior, and took into account the internal emotional landscape, as well as the psychology of healthy functioning (instead of being...
May 20, 2018 Kevin Page
Chapter 8 introduces mantra meditation which moves the object of focused attention away from bodily sensations or the breath to a repeated word or phrase. We discuss briefly the origins and history of mantra practice and introduce the idea that mantra work can be done outside of the formal meditation setting, thus expanding the options for consciousness training into other venues beyond the...
Routledge eBooks May 20, 2018 Kevin Page
In Chapter 7 we introduce the multiple dimensions of a formal A.C.T. Program, including the notion that A.C.T. training is pre-performative (it happens before the acting process even begins), the work is progressive, the effects tend to be cumulative, and there are several types of exercises that may have different functions and effects. We also introduce the concept that meditation practice...