The high-pressure nature of clinical nursing work and workplace environments influence how nurses perceive fatigue and their physical and mental health. Therefore, promoting self-care-related skills and capabilities has become an important issue in nursing education. The concept of nurse self-care, the content of mindful self-compassion therapy, and how to apply this therapy in nurse self-care...
The fear of death, even reaching a disabling fear, is the result of the mechanistic vision of the human being, which derived from the Newtonian Cartesian understanding of reality, leaving human knowledge in the impossibility of understanding and assimilating the ancestral experiences of human spiritual life, from which it is essential to generate spaces that consider the reintegration of the...
Both empirical and theoretical objective science can only access relations, revealing nothing about the intrinsic nature of the entities "in relation". We typically refer to these entities as "matter", assuming their nature is irrelevant and that relational structures alone explain all phenomena, including consciousness. This would imply that consciousness arises not from matter itself but...
Mindful breathing is a simple yet profound practice that anchors individuals in the present moment, fostering greater awareness, clarity, and emotional balance. This article explores mindful breathing as both a practical tool and a transformative journey on the path of life. It examines the practice’s physiological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions, highlighting its capacity to reduce...
Objectives: Continuous connected breathing (CCB) is a high-frequency breathing technique without breath retention. This study examines changes in electroencephalogram (EEG) band power and heart rate variability (HRV) before, during and after breathwork intervention of 3 rounds of 40 CCB versus normal breathing in healthy volunteers. Materials and Methods: Thirty-three healthy volunteers, aged...
Medical students have higher stress levels than their age-matched peers; however, few online wellness interventions have been trialed in this population. This pilot study examined the feasibility of an online wellness program for medical students. This was a pilot feasibility, mixed-methods study with a pre-post design. From September to October 2020, medical students from a large Canadian...
The objective of the present study was to examine the impact of combined quiet breathing pranayama and mantra meditation practices on self women. For this purpose, thirty working women aged between 25 and 35 years were randomly selected from Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India, in the year 2024. The participants were divided into two equal groups of 15 each: an experimental group and a control group....
The rising prevalence of mental health challenges necessitates innovative interventions that extend beyond traditional therapeutic approaches. This dissertation explores the potential of the Wim Hof Method (WHM)—a breathwork technique combining controlled breathing, cold exposure, and meditation—as a complementary tool for improving mental health. Specifically, the study examines the WHM’s...
This is a conceptual paper comparing how narrative therapy and Buddhist mantra-based meditation promote mental healing. Narrative therapy promotes mental healing by shifting families’ attention to their subjugated stories of strengths and personal agencies. Whilst Buddhist meditation has been integrated into psychotherapy developed in the West, the application is primarily the focus on breath...
Chapter 15, “Working with Dreams and Other Non-Ordinary States,” explores gestalt dream work, breathwork, and psychedelic integration. Dream work is the most common non-ordinary state, and by bringing a dream to life in the here and now, we can create space for a client to become each element of the dream. This is a deeply integrative approach to working with dreams that can reveal a client&s;s...