PLoS One
2025
Haruyuki Ishikawa, Toshizumi Muta, Tetsuri Abe et al.
4 citations
Mindfulness meditation has two components: focused attention (FA) meditation and open-monitoring (OM) meditation. Based on traditional Buddhist principles, it is recommended that FA meditation be practiced prior to OM meditation. However, the influence of the order in which these meditations are practiced on the efficacy of interventions has not yet been empirically investigated. This study...
PLoS One
2025
Justin DeMaranville, Tinakon Wongpakaran, Nahathai Wongpakaran et al.
1 citation
Meditation has been demonstrated to benefit adolescent mental health. This research examined various meditation styles practiced in northern Thailand to determine which were associated with positive and negative mental health outcomes in adolescents. High school students who were 15-18 years old and who were enrolled in grades 10-12 in either secular or Buddhist Thai boarding schools were...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Kangsuk Shon
The purpose of this study is to qualitatively confirm the experience of participating in a temple stay-based smoking cessation meditation program. The research questions of this study are as follows. First, what motivated you to participate in the temple stay-based smoking cessation meditation program? Second, what helped this temple (Guryongsa) in quitting smoking? Third, how did meditation...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Sunmi Min
The purpose of this study is to explore the physical and psychological change experiences of women after middle age through a yoga program. The research question for this is; First, what are the physical changes that occur through participation in a yoga meditation program based on the Saseobbeop? Second, what is the internal change through participation in a yoga meditation program based on...
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling
December 31, 2024
Hyunjin Kim
The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of a self-compassion meditation program for middle-aged women. The research questions of this study are as follows. First, does the self-compassion meditation program affect the self-compassion of middle-aged women? Second, does the self-compassion meditation program affect the life satisfaction of middle-aged women? Third, does the...
Creative Arts in Education and Therapy
December 28, 2024
Lucy Draper-Clarke, Caryn Green
Exploring Southern African contemplative traditions addresses an important gap in the fields of contemplative science and healing modalities. In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. During a research retreat in South Africa, attended by traditional...
Current Issues in Tourism
December 24, 2024
Shao-rang Wang, Dani Blasco, Bas Verschuuren et al.
ABSTRACT Recent research on spiritual tourism has largely emphasised physical and psychological well-being, often overlooking an ontological dimension of spirituality and its potential to address fundamental human pursuit. This study advances the understanding of spiritual tourism by examining transcendental experiences among Chinese spiritual tourists in nature. Using semi-structured, in-depth...
Preprints.org
December 23, 2024
Francis Heylighen, Shima Beigi
preprint
We present and develop Local Prospect Theory (LPT) as a novel framework for understanding consciousness, and in particular subjective experience and free will. While Predictive Processing (PP) theories model the brain as minimizing uncertainty, LPT sees uncertainty as an essential feature of conscious decision making. This is achieved by creating a "local prospect"—a range of potential...
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia
December 16, 2024
Oyungerel Tangad
The article analyses the social media activity of selected Mongolian shamans intended for dissemination of what they believe to be the correct knowledge about Mongolian shamanism. The Internet is a tool that, combined with their own creativity, allows themto convey aspects of this phenomenon that are difficult to verbalize. On the one hand, the shamans present a great diversity, make use of...
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia
December 16, 2024
Galaarid Badam-Ochir
Since the collapse of the socialist system in the past 30 years, Mongolia has transitioned from an atheist state to one where multiple religions – such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam – coexist freely, with no restrictions on freedom of belief. This transformationhas also spurred the revival of shamanism, the indigenous religion of the Mongols. Despite its tragic history, Mongolian...