Mapping, Meeting and Modulating Stress and Emotion: Combining Mindfulness and the Workable Ranges Model
Sally B. Rose, David Sheffield
OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine December 22, 2022 DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2204055 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 7 |
| Population | Graduates of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction courses that included the Workable Ranges Model |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key findings | The authors argue that the Workable Ranges Model functioned as a dynamic map for exploring stability and stress, with mapping and meeting as interrelated self-reflective activities that supported mindful self-regulation and self-care. They propose the model gave participants a form and words to name mind-body states and reshape meanings about mindfulness and regulated and dysregulated experience, and suggest it may be a valuable resource for mindfulness teachers. |
Abstract
This article examines the practice of combining explorations of regulated and dysregulated states through the Workable Ranges Model (WRM) with the skills and qualities taught in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). MBSR was designed to help participants to self-regulate stress. Didactic teaching about stress reactivity is part of the curriculum and may contribute to positive outcomes. A practice-based embodied methodology utilised mindful inquiry in research methods. Seven graduates of MBSR courses that included the WRM became conceptual encounter research partners. Following a re-presentation of the WRM, data were gathered through a diagrammatic diary exercise, post-meditation inquiry and a group discussion. Reflexive thematic analysis identified an overarching theme that the WRM was a dynamic map for exploring stability and stress. Two non-hierarchical themes articulated interrelated self-reflective activities associated with using the WRM as a map. Mapping involved charting regulated and dysregulated embodied experience. Meeting was the embodied application to mindfulness practice. Modulating states through intentional orienting to and resourcing mindful self-regulation and self-care grew out of the mapping and meeting practices. The WRM provided a form and set of words to name mind-body states, and to develop and apply insights about them. The WRM was used to shape new meanings about the relationship between mindfulness and regulated and dysregulated experience. This is theorised through its connection with embodied metaphors. The combination of the WRM and mindfulness worked to frame and progress mindful self-regulation. The WRM may be a valuable resource for mindfulness teachers to support self-regulation and mental health.
Comparable studies
Other qualitative studies on meditation, most cited first.
Citations in the library
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