The Humanistic Psychologist
2010
Will W. Adams
13 citations
The dominant tradition in Western culture has constructed an idiosyncratic view of nature and consciousness, one that relationally impoverishes both humankind and the rest of the natural world. Psyche, consciousness, and mind are typically thought to exist exclusively in humans (or just our brains); nature is deemed merely an object, resource, or lower life-form. Guided by hermeneutic...
Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
2010
U. Sinha, Deepak Kumar
Mindfulness-based approaches have been shown to be useful in a variety of physical and mental health conditions including chronic pain, cancer, psoriasis, eating disorders, anxiety and depression. Mindfulness based CBT finds its origins in Eastern Buddhist meditation which began many centuries ago. Recent studies on CBT with mindfulness have shown psychological effectiveness across a wide range...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
2010
Will W. Adams
The mythical Narcissus alienated himself not only from other people but from the nonhuman beings and presences of the natural world. Gazing into a beautiful pond he saw merely his personal reflection and absolutely nothing of nature. A similar dissociation haunts our existence today, impoverishing both humankind and the rest of nature. The Zen poet Matsuo Bashō’s also had a famous encounter...
PubMed Central
2010
Marianne T. Marcus, Aleksandra Zgierska
8 citations
The link between stress and addiction is well-known. Stress increases the likelihood of alcohol and drug use, and can precipitate relapses following treatment (1). Clinicians and researchers recognize the critical need to incorporate stress management techniques into inpatient and outpatient treatment. The goal is to assist clients to replace substance use with healthy coping skills when...
European Psychiatry
2010
Alberto Chiesa, Alessandro Serretti
4 citations
Objective Mindfulness meditations (MM) are an important group of meditative practices which have received growing attention. The aim of the present paper is to systematically review current evidence on the neurobiological changes and on the clinical benefits related to MM practice in psychiatric disorders, physical illnesses and in healthy subjects. Methods A literature search was undertaken...
UC Research Repository
2010
Matthew Hart
This research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) presents the results of 60 first-person psycho-phenomenological interviews with 30 New Zealand women. The participants were recruited from the Canterbury and Wellington regions, 10 had recovered. Taking a non-dual, non-reductive embodied approach, the phenomenological data was analysed semiotically, using a graph-theoretical cluster analysis to...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2010
Gregg Lahood
17 citations
The aim of this paper is to tease out from the New Age religion and religious transpersonal psychology a more relational spirituality. Humanistic and transpersonal psychologies were important forces in the emergence of the social phenomenon of the New Age. New Age transpersonalism leans toward a restrictive non-relational spirituality because of its historical affirmation of individualism and...
2010
This groundbreaking primer illuminates contemplative methods that can improve mental and physical health. Contemplative practices, from meditation to Zen, are growing in popularity as methods to inspire physical and mental health. Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health offers readers an introduction to these practices and the ways they can be used in the service...
Azja-Pacyfik
2010
Maung Than Htun Aung
Renaissance of Buddhism and Vipassana Meditation in Modern Burma
2010
Harry Oldmeadow
Rudolf Otto is most familiar to scholars of religion as the author of The Idea of the Holy , a work which exercised an immense influence in the inter-war years. Less well-known are Otto's later writings on Eastern traditions and his efforts, both theoretical and practical, to fashion a new religious incluvism and a spirit of harmonious cooperation amongst the world's faiths. This chapter...