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Teaching mindfulness and compassion

Maya Campbell

Transpersonal Psychology Review 2017 DOI: 10.53841/bpstran.2017.19.1.45 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Intervention Mindfulness training
Topics Meditation
Key points Argues that mindfulness and compassion training supported the author's rehabilitation after a cardiac arrest, and contends that more explicit teaching of compassion skills is highly beneficial for the health and wellbeing of those who practice it, extending to others beyond the practitioner.

Abstract

This paper is in part a reflection on the personal illness which led the author to discover mindfulness and compassion training that supported and helped the author in her rehabilitation after having suffered a cardiac arrest. It explores the origins of mindfulness training and how a more explicit teaching of compassion skills has been found to be highly beneficial in the health and wellbeing, not just for oneself but also the others who undertake the training.

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