This article proposes a definition of advanced meditation which in concise form is the states, stages, and endpoints that arise with the maturation and mastery of awareness skills. Advanced meditation involves experiential and structural mental changes, sometimes radical, to volition, affect, cognition, and self-related processing in the direction of effortlessness, intentional control,...
Yoga is widely considered as a method to improve psychological and physiological status of humans. A review is done about the benefits of yoga from the literature in modern medicine. The common benefits are in physical fitness, mental state, attention, processing speed, memory, cognitive functions and executive functions. Studies have demonstrated the benefits of yoga in metabolic syndrome with...
This chapter proposes that self-transcendent experiences can be usefully understood through the distinction between the reflective and experiential self, originally articulated by William James and developed in contemporary philosophy and neuroscience. The reflective self involves conscious, narrative self-referential processing, while the experiential self refers to affective processing and...
Background: Reaction time is a critical indicator of neurocognitive function and reflects the efficiency of sensory-motor coordination and central nervous system processing. In the current era of sedentary lifestyle and increased psychological stress, there is a growing need for non-pharmacological interventions to enhance cognitive performance. Yogic practices such as Surya Namaskar and Raja...
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengadaptasi Mindfulness in Teaching Scale yang dikembangkan oleh Frank, Jennings & Greenberg (2015) ke dalam versi Indonesia serta memvalidasi struktur multidimensinya pada guru pra sekolah. Proses adaptasi dilakukan melalui penerjemahan, back translation, dan penilaian ahli, kemudia diuji coba pada 150 guru pra sekolah di Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan...
MindfulnessJune 19, 2026Jou-Ting Lin, Jia-Yin Syu, Esther Ching‐Lan Lin
Mindfulness-based apps are increasingly used as accessible tools to support mental health among youth. The present systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of such apps on psychological distress among youth without diagnosed mental disorders. This study followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses...
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on premenstrual symptom severity, pre-pregnancy fear of childbirth, and psychological well-being in women experiencing Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 126 women experiencing PMS between June 2023 and November 2025 (MBSR group: n = 63; control group: n...
The paper is Article 1 of the Pali-Psycho series. It focuses on the empirical and clinical comparison axis: mindfulness, breath meditation, compassion cultivation, absorption states, affect labeling, default-mode-network findings, and selected positive-psychology parallels are treated as modern comparison points for Pali-canonical practice architectures. The central result is deliberately...
BackgroundChildren and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience comorbid emotional and behavioral difficulties, yet evidence for meditation-based interventions remains limited. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of an online self-reflective meditation program (True Self Meditation; TSM) on emotional, behavioral, and attentional...
The interrelationship between mental health, emotional balance, and the evolution of consciousness has been a central concern of Yogic and Indic psychological traditions for millennia and is increasingly gaining attention within contemporary scientific research. Within these traditions, the human heart is regarded not merely as a physiological organ but as a subtle center of intelligence,...
Middle school is a phase where these young students are expected to focus, manage their learning, balance their emotions, and perform well in academics- all at once. It is difficult for the students to accomplish any of these regularly in the world crowded with digital distractions, and intensifying academic pressure. This chapter examines whether a simple, ancient breath-awareness practice...
The growing recognition of affective factors in mathematics learning has positioned mindfulness interventions as a promising approach to mitigating mathematics anxiety and enhancing academic performance. Despite increasing scholarly attention, the research landscape remains fragmented, with limited synthesis of publication trends, influential works, thematic developments, as well as global...
Emotion introspection has been proposed as a key mechanism through which mental health or well-being interventions (such as meditation or psychotherapy) act. However, so far, evidence has almost exclusively come from questionnaire measures. Here, we propose a brain-based measure of emotion introspection. We recruited 25 participants to perform an emotion introspection task after completing a...
Stress worsens clinical outcomes in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD); however, timely accessible stress management tools remain limited. Digital interventions offer scalable adjunctive solutions early during pharmacological treatment. In this multicenter, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled crossover pilot trial, we conducted a preliminary evaluation of the short-term efficacy...
Background: Organ transplantation technology provides life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure. However, family members of donors face psychological harm due to the urgent decision-making process regarding organ donation and the associated stigmatization, highlighting an urgent need for mental health support. Methods: This study used the User Version of the Mobile...
Rapid urbanization and unequal urban-rural development have driven large-scale internal migration in low- and middle-income countries, placing internal migrant children at increased risk for psychological distress and sociocultural marginalization. Although schools are critical settings for prevention, targeted interventions that support migrant students' psychological ("feeling well") and...
This chapter explores how integrating contemplative praxis into the human rights field could transform the dominant separation paradigm of human rights, which is rooted in dualisms that separate political from spiritual, individual from community, and humans from nature. Drawing on feminist, Indigenous, and decolonial thought and empirical research on the mental health of human rights...
Most existing scholarship on contemplative practices and queer politics deals with the ways in which contemplative practices may help LGBTQIA+ people heal from traumas. Only a few studies discuss the roles that contemplative or wellness practices may play in queer activism. This chapter reviews these studies and discusses the benefits of contemplative practices in relation to healing and...
This chapter explores the intersection of contemplative practices and international relations theory, offering a reimagining of the classical security dilemma through the lens of nonself and interdependence—core insights from ancient Buddhist thought. Building on foundational realist thinkers such as Thucydides, Kenneth Waltz, and John Mearsheimer, the chapter critically examines the evolution...