Mindfulness, qigong y su impacto en la salud
L. Oblitas, José Anicama, Raymundo Calderón, R. Ferrel, A. León, Andrea Ortiz
December 5, 2018 DOI: 10.26439/persona2018.n021.3022 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Qigong |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that mindfulness and qigong share a common meditative basis and that combining these two traditional techniques may have a greater positive impact on health, potentially reducing stress and promoting well-being more than either practice alone. |
Abstract
Mindfulness or full attention traces its origins to Tibetan Buddhism, and constitutes a form of meditation focused on breathing and a form of body scan which significantly impacts on the strengthening of health and the decreasing of disease symptoms. Qigong is an ancient Chinese system of Taoist origin that promotes health maintenance, healing and increase in vitality, based on respiration, posture and movement. In the West, more attention has been paid to the mindfulness tradition than to the qigong. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the combination of both millenary techniques may have a greater impact on and benefit to health. They both correlate, base their techniques on meditation, and their combination may prove beneficial to reduce stress and promote well-being.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
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- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Health Care Professionals: Results From a Randomized Trial. International Journal of Stress Management May 1, 2005
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