Phenomenology & PracticeNovember 30, 2025Ingeborg van den Bold, Marjolein De Boer, Jenny Slatman
Body awareness is considered to be an important element of mindfulness-based interventions. Although studies have been done on the effects of enhanced body awareness on health and well-being, none of these studies focused on the meaning of the body and body awareness in the teaching and learning process of enhancing one’s body awareness. In this paper, we provide a phenomenology of the body in...
Body scan meditation is a popular mindfulness practice in which a person directs their attention toward internal bodily sensations. Although its neural mechanisms have been investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging, few studies have used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to directly measure prefrontal networks during body scan meditation. In this study, symptoms of...
Mindfulness is increasingly recognized in education as an evidence-based approach to strengthening teachers’ self-regulatory functioning and overall well-being. This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on perceived mindfulness, self-compassion, and achievement goal orientations among prospective teachers. Participants were assigned to...
The present study aimed to investigate whether the role trait mindfulness (the general tendency to be present) decreases the stress level, where social support moderates this relationship. Stress has harmful effects on mental and physical health as well as productivity at work, being one of the main triggers for these problems. At the same time, mindfulness can mitigate these effects. However,...
Educatia 21November 28, 2025Dumitrița Butnariu, Alina Felicia Roman
This article advocates for a reconceptualization of teacher development - one that centers emotional competence as a personal and pedagogical imperative. While pedagogical strategies and curricular design are widely recognized as foundational in teacher preparation, considerably less emphasis is placed on cultivating the internal resources teachers require to navigate the emotional demands of...
The article, delves into the integration of mindfulness and sustainability as fundamental components of India's educational evolution. Rooted in ancient practices of mindfulness from texts like the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and the Yoga Sutras, the article explores their role in shaping ethical and sustainable individuals in harmony with nature. Key contributions include "Mindfulness for Modern...
Introduction: Academic stress, academic burnout, and reduced psychological resilience are prevalent among university students, particularly during examination periods. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week structured mindfulness training program in improving these outcomes. Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted with 153 undergraduate and graduate students who...
Autism in AdulthoodNovember 26, 2025T. Hirvikoski, Hanna Agius, Gustaf Wettermark et al.
Autistic adults often experience high levels of stress and difficulties in coping with stressors in everyday life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) groups, adjusted for autistic adults in an outpatient context. We conducted a two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled effectiveness trial during the years 2018–2020. Autistic...
This research proposes to evaluate Transcendental Meditation (TM) as a complementary integrative practice in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Based on WHO data and the Brazilian context, the study highlights the high prevalence of anxiety and the need for therapeutic alternatives beyond the biomedical model. The research, conducted with adults diagnosed in the state of São Paulo, used online...
Abstract: Background: The Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) in its short form is one of the most frequently used instruments in research to measure self-attributed mindfulness levels. Despite the widespread use, there is no calibration sample available until now. Thus, we decided to calibrate it in a representative German sample as norm values are of relevance for clinicians and researchers...
The Contemplation Sutra is central to the Pure Land Buddhist tradition, although its philosophical elements have received little scholarly study beyond doctrinal exegesis. This paper addresses the sutra as a systematic "salvific paradigm," using phenomenological tools to explain the fundamental patterns of religious awareness and soteriological orientation. Through rigorous examination of the...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness with a significant disease, economic and social burden. Persecutory delusions (beliefs that one will be harmed or mistreated) are a common symptom of schizophrenia with associated high levels of depression. International clinical guidelines recommend individual cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia, but there are currently no group psychological...
Criticality describes a regime between order and chaos that supports flexible yet stable information processing. Here we examine whether neural dynamics can be volitionally shifted toward criticality through the self-regulation of attention. We examined ten experienced practitioners of meditation during a 10-day retreat, comparing refined states of meditative absorption, called the jhanas, to...
Educating graduate students about praxis represents a challenge and an opportunity. This essay explores an experience of learning praxis along with Transformative Phenomenology, the combination of which indicates a promising means for scaffolding graduate students to deeper self-reflection and changed thinking. The emergence of changed thinking is reasoned as a shift from subconscious thought...
A B S T R A K Penelitian ini menguji efektivitas Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) dalam menurunkan kecemasan pada wanita dengan infertilitas primer di Bandung. Infertilitas sering memicu kecemasan akibat stigma sosial, ekspektasi budaya, serta perasaan bersalah dan kehilangan kontrol diri. MBCT dipilih karena memadukan pendekatan kognitif-perilaku dengan mindfulness untuk mengelola...
Black women in the U.S. disproportionately suffer from insomnia and related cardiometabolic health burdens. However, there is a lack of sleep intervention and implementation research specifically targeting Black women. The aim of this study is to co-design and evaluate equity-focused, community-engaged implementation strategies for an online, group-based mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia...
SexesNovember 25, 2025Emanuela Falzia, Vincenzo Maria Romeo
This perspective advances a psychoanalytic—embodiment account of the “libido of generativity” (LoG)—future-oriented reorganization of erotic desire that links embodied arousal with caregiving, legacy, and shared projects. We define LoG along four axes (direction of investment: dyad↔triad; temporal horizon: immediacy↔future; outcome modalities: procreative, creative–sublimative,...
Professional associations in cardiovascular medicine do not view psychosocial distress as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) on its own. Nonetheless, a number of experts think that assessing for psychological distress can improve the prediction of CVD risk. Persistence and commitment to complex lifestyle modifications aimed at lowering the risk of CVD are significantly influenced by...
Objective: To explore the effects of mindfulness meditation on core attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, family functioning and social functioning in young children. Methods: A convenience sample of 43 children aged 6-9 years who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria was recruited at our hospital between 3 June and 3 July 2024. Participants were randomly assigned to an...