Abstract This article analyzes passages found in Tibetan writings from the early Great Perfection tradition that prescribe the cultivation and consumption of psychoactive fungi as an integral part of the Buddhist path. It identifies these passages as the first instances discovered in premodern Buddhist literature in which the use of psychedelics is unambiguously prescribed to hasten progress...
Teachers in New Zealand have experienced many issues that affect their wellbeing, such as heavy workload and work-related stress. The situation also appears to be particularly unfavourable for teachers working with students with special needs. Nonetheless, published studies about enhancing the wellbeing of this group of teachers in New Zealand is still missing. Mindfulness is widely recognised...
Abstract Objectives Mindfulness-based digital interventions have shown promise for improving health outcomes. The Mindfulness Coach (MC) mobile app was found to improve posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). The current secondary analyses expand on these findings by assessing changes in mindfulness-related processes targeted by...
Jurnal Sistem Informasi GaluhJuly 11, 2026Bacilius Agung Suburdjati, Lisda Sukoco, Claire Gretchen Tjandraprawira et al.
This study aims to analyze the effect of an intervention (meditation sessions) on subjects’ anxiety levels, which were objectively measured through Heart Rate Variability (HRV) using the MAX30102 sensor. Anxiety has become an increasingly dominant mental health issue in modern society, creating the need for non-pharmacological and measurable intervention methods. The study employed a One Group...
Background: Sleep disturbance, stress, and anxiety are highly prevalent among older adults and adversely affect physical health, cognitive function, and quality of life. Meditation is a safe, low-cost, non-pharmacological intervention that may improve these interrelated outcomes. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an 8-week structured meditation program on perceived stress, anxiety, and sleep...
The aim of this study is to develop and validate culturally grounded measure of mindfulness rooted in Islamic teachings and spiritual practices. Using a systematic scale development approach the items were initially generated through semi-structured interviews based on the operational definition of Islamic mindfulness. After content validation and item refinement the scale was administered with...
Background: Both cardiovascular exercise and mindfulness meditation have been shown to influence cognitive performance, particularly executive functions such as attention, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility. Virtual reality-guided meditation (VRM) is an emerging intervention that combines mindfulness techniques with immersive technology and may enhance engagement compared to...
While traditional psychological skills training focuses on cognitive control, mindfulness-based approaches emphasize acceptance and present-moment awareness. The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) protocol shows promise for enhancing athletic performance; however, limited research has examined its effects on passion and well-being in tennis players. Forty-four competitive male tennis...
medRxivJuly 10, 2026Daniel Copeland, Naoise Mac Giollabhui, Louisa G Sylvia et al.
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Background: Despite growing evidence that lifestyle interventions reduce depressive symptoms, the psychological mechanisms underlying these effects remain poorly understood. This study examined whether mindfulness and rumination mediate the antidepressant effects of heated yoga (HY), a multicomponent intervention combining physical activity, attentional training, and thermoregulatory stress....
Background: There are currently more than 750 million women worldwide aged 40-60 years, the age during which the majority undergo menopausal transition. This period is often marked by challenging symptoms that affect physical and mental health, productivity, and quality of life, sometimes becoming severe enough to compromise personal and professional relationships. A substantial proportion of...
Introduction: Although positive effects of mindfulness-based interventions in schools on children's cognition and behaviors are frequently reported, there is a lack of studies on the association between children's mindfulness and their interpersonal social-emotional competences. The present study addresses this gap by analyzing the association between breath-based state mindfulness,...
iScienceJuly 10, 2026Li Liping, Fang Xiaoxia, Zhang Huimin et al.
Tourette syndrome affects children's daily functioning and creates a need for supervised support that responds to tic behaviors, emotional states, and interaction contexts. We developed MindTS-MMD, a Chinese multimodal dataset capturing emotion, tic-related behaviors, interaction context, and Valence-Arousal ratings, and MindTS-Net, a supervised digital adjunct linking multimodal emotion...
Introduction Previous research has demonstrated that individuals’ levels of self-esteem strongly influence how they regulate and protect their self-esteem. However, it remains unclear to what extent these regulatory strategies are shaped by trainable psychological processes such as decentering and self-compassion. Methods Two studies were conducted to investigate the role of decentering and...
Mindfulness based sex therapy (MBST) represents an integrative modality within psychosexual treatment, synthesising principles from mindfulness meditation, rooted in Buddhist contemplative traditions, with contemporary psychotherapeutic techniques. A distinct, though often overlapping, influence derives from tantric philosophy, which reframes sexual intimacy as a practice of conscious...
Mahasiswa tingkat akhir menghadapi tuntutan akademik yang tinggi, terutama dalam penyusunan skripsi sebagai syarat kelulusan. Proses ini kerap menimbulkan berbagai kendala, seperti revisi berulang, keterbatasan referensi, lamanya umpan balik dari dosen pembimbing, keterbatasan waktu penelitian, serta kesulitan menemui dosen. Kondisi tersebut dapat memicu stres yang berdampak pada kesehatan...
Abstract Recent efforts to refine the definition of mindfulness have aimed to improve conceptual clarity and psychometric coherence within psychological science. Chems-Maarif et al. (2025) contributed to this aim by proposing a definition centered on present-centred bare awareness across experiential domains, accompanied by an equanimous attitude. This commentary examines the implications of...
Scientific ReportsJuly 10, 2026Pandit Rupesh, Sony Kumari, Parul Dubey et al.
Creativity is a cornerstone of adaptive problem-solving and innovation, yet its neural basis remains insufficiently understood in real-world entrepreneurial contexts. This randomized controlled study investigated the influence of Guided Moving Meditation (GMM) on creative cognition and neural coordination in adult agri-entrepreneurs. Fifty-four right-handed male agri-entrepreneurs (25-45 years)...
Objective Students in higher education (HE) increasingly experience challenging concerns from stress to anxiety and depression. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) became a popular strategy to help students cope with these. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the efficacy, scalability and sustainability of various MBIs implemented in HE to identify strengths, limitations and possible...
This paper argues that unstructured time is not merely empty time, wasted time, or the absence of discipline, but an important and systematically undervalued condition of creativity and insight. In contemporary education, parenting, work, and leadership, time is increasingly managed, optimized, and measured, and even rest is justified only insofar as it improves later performance. Yet many...
The objective of this study was to develop a scale on mindfulness applicable to adults from different demographic and cultural backgrounds. This study employed a multi-stage validation process, starting from item creation to standardization. Initially, 50 items were created based on the theoretical framework of mindfulness. A panel of 20 psychology experts used the Delphi method to rate these...