Amidst rising mental health and ecological challenges, nature-based mindfulness practices present as an avenue for promoting wellbeing and connections with nature, given the complementary benefits of mindfulness and nature experiences for psychological health. Yet, how mindfulness practices and environmental settings are conceptualised and operationalised within nature-based mindfulness...
Abstract Worsening impacts of climate and ecological change have led to a rise in eco‐distress and related psychological impacts of these crises. Interventions, including both nature‐based activities and contemplative practices, have been developed to help individuals experiencing eco‐distress. However, the integration of contemplation and nature engagement remains unexplored. In this study we...
PsyArXivFebruary 20, 2023Rose Macaulay, Katherine A. Johnson, Kate Lee et al.
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Mindfulness and mind wandering may both enhance the psychological outcomes of nature experiences. Both states are multi-faceted, with mindfulness involving specific components such as decentering, body awareness, and nonjudgment, and mind wandering involving intentional and spontaneous mind wandering. These facets may differentially predict psychological outcomes of nature experiences, however...
This article introduces a process-oriented approach for improving present moment conceptualization in psychotherapy that is in alignment with neuroscience: the Temporospatial movements of mind (TSMM) model. We elaborate on seven temporal movements that describe the moment-to-moment morphogenesis of emotional feelings and thoughts from inception to maturity. Temporal refers to the passage of...