The increasing prevalence of stress, anxiety, and emotional challenges among students calls for comprehensive and policy-driven interventions that promote holistic development within the education system. This paper examines mindfulness as a transformative approach for enhancing student well-being in Indian education. Rooted in the Indian Knowledge System, mindfulness draws upon indigenous...
Minimal Phenomenal Experiences (MPEs) are states of consciousness in which wakefulness is preserved but phenomenal content is low or absent. The Entropic Brain Hypothesis (EBH) is a model of conscious processes that regards the entropy of spontaneous brain activity as a marker of 'phenomenal richness', exemplified by high-content psychedelic experiences (HCPEs). Yet recent human neuroimaging...
Background: Racially and ethnically minoritized individuals (REMs) who experience discrimination are at risk of developing stress, anxiety, and depression, and digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) can make evidence-based treatments such as mindfulness available to these groups. However, REMs are significantly underrepresented in the overall DMHI and mindfulness-based DMHI literature,...
Abstract The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate whether a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI), the 'Mindfulness to Promote Police Well-being' program, was feasible for trainee inspectors of the National Police Academy in Spain. A 7-week MBI was conducted in a group of 61 trainee inspectors (M age = 43.52, SD = 8.95) from the National Police Academy in Ávila (Spain), divided into...
This article calls for an ecological approach to Buddhist contemplation, which recognizes the inherently relational and ethical nature of contemplative practice, in contrast to modern, corporatized approaches to mindfulness as an exercise of detachment. Showing that Tibetan Buddhist onto-epistemologies rest on the entanglement of mind, body, and environment, this piece proposes that an...
Background: Positive psychology helps individuals enhance their attention, self-awareness, and positive thinking. Recent research has explored the impact of mindfulness—one of the core techniques in positive psychology—on behavioral addictions such as smartphone overuse. However, the effects of positive psychology courses that integrate mindfulness meditation, particularly in promoting digital...
Meditation is a self-entrainment of the mind impacting overall health. We evaluated the effect of long-term meditation on the cognitive status and selected neurophysiological parameters.Thirty experienced long-term meditators (LTM) and thirty matched meditation naïve controls (MNC) were selected. A validated Sinhala-version of the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological...
BACKGROUND Depression is a prevalent and debilitating affective disorder characterised by the dominance and persistence of depressive rumination. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an effective treatment for recurrent depression developed specifically to target rumination and recurrence risk by training metacognitive awareness and adaptive attention, emotion and self-regulation...
Abstract Background As interest in psychedelics grows, concerns remain about ethical use and the documentation of adverse psychological effects. Use is increasing, yet long-term challenges - particularly among adolescents and young adults - are under-researched. This group is especially vulnerable, highlighting the need to understand how psychedelic-related challenges are experienced in...
JMIR human factorsMay 13, 2026Yu-Rung Wang, Pei-Lun Hsieh, Chia-Hsiu Chang et al.
Taiwan's status as a super-aged society underscores the need for efficient strategies to promote healthy aging. While the benefits of mindfulness-based interventions for sleep and mental health are evident, there is a shortage of cultural adaptations for Taiwan's older adults. Current courses mainly focus on mindfulness-based stress reduction, while neglecting mindfulness-based elder care, and...
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of MBI on depression among family caregivers of dementia patients, and to analyze the impact of intervention duration, follow-up period, and intervention methods on treatment outcomes. Methods Search Embase, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PubMed, SinoMed, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases for randomized controlled trials on MBI for depression in family...
Abstract The rising prevalence of mental health concerns among young adults necessitates effective, accessible, and non-pharmacological interventions. This study investigates the impact of meditation-based self-development practices—including transcendental meditation, yogic meditation, yoga nidra, and relaxation techniques—on mental health outcomes such as attention, concentration, stress...
MindfulnessMay 12, 2026Yasushi Ito, Cheryl A. Browne, Kazumi Yamamoto
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the transition of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from in-person to online delivery. However, the impact of this transition on participants’ characteristics, adherence, and outcomes in community-based MBSR programs has not been adequately examined. The present study retrospectively compared the effects on psychological well-being outcome measures of...
Emotional eating is a widespread maladaptive coping strategy that may increase the risk of clinical eating disorders. The current study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a brief, dual-component mindfulness-based intervention in mitigating acute emotional eating among a non-clinical sample of young women. In this study, female undergraduate students (n = 121) were randomly assigned to a...
Education SciencesMay 11, 2026Ana Salomé de Jesus, Luísa Carvalho, Ricardo Pocinho et al.
The development of social-emotional competencies in children is increasingly important for helping them respond to the demands of contemporary society, and recent research has also highlighted its association with academic performance. In this context, mindfulness has emerged as a valuable approach to fostering these competencies. Given its well-documented benefits, mindfulness has also...
This dissertation article studies the historical transmission and globalization of Vipassanā meditation beginning from the contribution and teaching of the Most Venerable Ledi Sayadaw in Myanmar, his teaching about Vipassanā meditation, which means insight or clear seeing, is an important practice in Theravāda Buddhism for understanding impermanence, suffering, and non-self. During the British...
Abstract Aim: 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). Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 126 women experiencing PMS between June 2023 and November 2025...
Loyalty is one of the most significant aspects of trust between individuals, and its violation may cause psychological stress, mental instability, and long-term relationship issues. Although conventional methods of restoring trust, such as apologizing, forgiving, and acting consistently, are helpful, they often overlook the profound psychological and neurological consequences of betrayal....
In india, the birthplace of contemplative traditions, mindfulness has evolved from its ancient roots in sanatan philosophy and the indian knowledge system (iks) into a diverse spectrum of practices ranging from spiritual sadhana (discipline) to secular clinical interventions. This study examines the factors contributing to this transformation, focusing on individuals practicing meditation...
This study aims to examine Islamic mindfulness-based healing techniques, analyze their roles, mechanisms of spiritual recovery, and the spiritual transformation of former drug addicts, as well as explore their contribution to a comprehensive rehabilitation model implemented at Pesantren Al Ghazali Kediri. This research employs a qualitative method with a case study design. Data collection...