Yoga and meditation for nontraditional populations
Audrey Hill
Carolina Digital Repository August 13, 2019 DOI: 10.17615/g4mw-e948 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that yoga and meditation are reaching nontraditional populations, including prison inmates and military service members and veterans, and presents overviews, profiles, and practical guidelines to show how and why these practices are being adopted in these settings. |
Abstract
Yoga and meditation have become mainstream practices in the United States, undertaken by 6 percent and 9 percent of the population, respectively, in 2007. In four articles, this master's thesis examines the practice of yoga and meditation by nontraditional populations. The first article is an overview piece on yoga and meditation, which explains what constitutes these practices, as well as who participates in them and why. The second article examines prison meditation programs in North Carolina, profiles two former inmates who benefited from meditation, and describes a meditation class at a state prison. The third article provides an overview of yoga programs for military service members and veterans, and discusses the stigma of yoga within military circles. The fourth article provides guidelines for yoga teachers on instructing service members or veterans. This thesis aims to explore yoga and meditation in-depth and show how and why these practices are reaching new audiences.
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
Cites 4
- Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness Neuroreport November 7, 2005
- Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise PLoS One March 25, 2008
- Does Mindfulness Meditation Improve Anxiety and Mood Symptoms? A Review of the Controlled Research The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry April 1, 2007
- The psychological and neurophysiological concomitants of mindfulness forms of meditation Acta Neuropsychiatrica April 1, 2007