Residential meditation retreats: their role in contemplative practice and significance for psychological research.
Brandon G King, Quinn A Conklin, Anthony P Zanesco, Clifford D Saron
Current Opinion in Psychology August 1, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.021 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Residential retreats are an understudied class of meditation intervention that can inform functional and developmental perspectives on meditation, cognition, health, and well-being. |
Abstract
Contemporary investigations of mindfulness and meditation have predominately emphasized the short-term effects of brief inductions or standardized, multi-week interventions in people with little to no prior meditation experience. Considerably less is known about the effects of continued or intensive meditation practice as proficiency and expertise are acquired over time. In this article, we describe the form and function of residential retreats, an understudied class of meditation intervention that holds promise for bridging this gap in the empirical literature. We outline a number of design features that distinguish retreats from other meditation-based interventions, and highlight their utility for informing functional and developmental perspectives on meditation, cognition, health, and well-being.
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