The American journal of gastroenterology
September 2011
Susan A Gaylord, Olafur S Palsson, Eric L Garland et al.
This prospective, randomized controlled trial explored the feasibility and efficacy of a group program of mindfulness training, a cognitive-behavioral technique, for women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The technique involves training in intentionally attending to present-moment experience and non-judgmental awareness of body sensations and emotions. Seventy-five female IBS patients were...
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
September 2011
Marieke K. van Vugt, Amishi P. Jha
We investigated whether mindfulness training (MT) influences information processing in a working memory task with complex visual stimuli. Participants were tested before (T1) and after (T2) participation in an intensive one-month MT retreat, and their performance was compared with that of an age- and education-matched control group. Accuracy did not differ across groups at either time point....
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
September 1, 2011
Elizabeth Baines
1 citation
Introduction Mindfulness Meditation involves paying attention to our mind and body moment by moment, being aware of what arises without judgement. Experience and evaluation demonstrated that some patients receiving one to one mindfulness meditation failed to achieve their identified goals due to difficulty in committing to regular meditation practice when at home. They felt the traditional...
International Journal of Yoga Therapy
September 1, 2011
Janet Hennard
21 citations
Fibromyalgia is a chronic syndrome characterized by widespread pain, sleep disturbance, stiffness, fatigue, headache, and mood disorders. Recent research has resulted in an improved understanding of fibromyalgia and its possible causes. This article highlights some of the current research, discusses a strategy for using yoga and meditation as a therapy for fibromyalgia sufferers, and presents...
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education
September 1, 2011
Abraham Sussman, Mitchell Kossak
1 citation
Abstract This chapter discusses the psychology of the inner life and how music as meditation can tap into unitive states of being that lead to inner wisdom.
International Journal of Psychophysiology
September 1, 2011
Frederick Travis
This random-assignment study compared coherence, amplitude, and eLORETA patterns during practice of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the TM-Sidhi programs. The TM technique involves systematic transcending of contents of experience to a state of pure consciousness. The TM-Sidhi program involves sanyama-the simultaneous experience of dhārānā (fixity), dhyāna (transcending) and samādhi...
Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
September 1, 2011
Gordon C. N. Hall, Janie J. Hong, Nolan W. S. Zane et al.
122 citations
The development of effective treatments for Asian Americans is important because treatment disparities continue to exist for this population. Because of their theoretical grounding in East Asian philosophies, mindfulness and acceptance-based psychotherapies appear to constitute promising ways to provide culturally responsive mental health care to Asian Americans. However, in practice these...
Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
September 1, 2011
David Childs
5 citations
Does mindfulness offer more to psychology than a useful therapeutic technique? This paper argues that it can also establish a state of presence which is understood in relation to the practice of phenomenology. Mindfulness is then both linked to a Western intellectual tradition and offers that tradition a systematic method. This is an opening for psychological investigation of the non-conceptual...
Consciousness and Cognition
August 31, 2011
Implicit and explicit emotional behavior and mindfulness.
Biological Psychology
August 30, 2011
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), cognitive style, and the temporal dynamics of frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in recurrently depressed patients.