Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
August 6, 2026
Roshan Sutar
is study offers a comparative cross-sectional analysis of multiple meditation techniques and their association with psychological well-being and self-reported states of consciousness.[1] By surveying over 400 individuals, the authors report that meditation practices, particularly Heartfulness and heart-based Dhyan, are associated with improved well-being and deeper experiential states.While...
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
February 24, 2026
Ajay Kumar, R. Chaturvedi, Kushendra Mishra et al.
Meditation is a practice that involves focusing the mind to achieve a calm and peaceful state. It helps people calm down, feel less stressed, and learn more about themselves. Meditation is becoming more famous around the world because it is good for mental, emotional, and spiritual health. The study aims to compare the different meditation techniques toward the psychological well-being (PWB),...
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
February 19, 2026
Ilana Haliwa, Cara L. Sedney, Morgan Rosensteel et al.
1 citation
Chronic pain disproportionately affects US adults living in rural areas, leading to higher rates of opioid prescriptions. Mindfulness-based interventions are non-pharmaceutical treatments that can be effective at managing chronic pain. However, little is known about whether mindfulness is a potentially viable intervention target in rural populations. The goals of the current study were to...
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
March 3, 2023
J. Duarte, Gisela Roxana Lisi, B. Carroll et al.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of sleep paralysis (SP) in medical students from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Materials and Methods: An ad hoc questionnaire based on the diagnosis of SP and a demographic survey was electronically presented to students of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine of the UBA. The respondents answered both...
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
2023
Michael Eric Russell Bishop, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Arron Sam Veltre
5 citations
Mindfulness is a state of awareness characterized by open and non-judgmental recognition of thoughts and sensations and an ability to resist the usual wandering of an individual's attention. Usually achieved by meditation, mindfulness is recognized as a treatment for chronic pain. Evidence, thus far, has been characterized by poor quality trials and mixed results, but a growing body of research...