Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
2011
L Ram Gopal Reddy, Srinivas Kuntamalla
Heart rate variability analysis is fast gaining acceptance as a potential non-invasive means of autonomic nervous system assessment in research as well as clinical domains. In this study, a new nonlinear analysis method is used to detect the degree of nonlinearity and stochastic nature of heart rate variability signals during two forms of meditation (Chi and Kundalini). The data obtained from...
Journal of Aesthetic Education
2011
Eric Mullis
1 citation
Reviewed by: Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics Eric C. Mullis Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics, by Richard Shusterman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 239 pp., $20.00 paperback. One aspect of Richard Shusterman’s work is indicative of a broad movement to develop a robust philosophy of embodiment. Thinkers from diverse...
International Journal of MS Care
2011
The objective of this study was to determine whether meditation affects pain and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and peripheral neuropathy (PN). A total of 22 patients (10 with MS, 12 with PN) participated in a weekly meditation class over a 2-month period. A total of 18 controls (7 with MS, 11 with PN) received standard care. Primary outcome assessments were based on the...
2011
Robert P. Waxler, Maureen P. Hall
This chapter focuses on the anti-thesis of digital technologies, what Tobin Hart refers to as our interiority. The roots of much of what is called present moment find their origins in ancient India, where the practice of education centered on developing focused awareness in individuals, and ethical service for society. According to the chapter, deep reading can be connected to wisdom tradition....
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
2011
Does meditation play an integral role in achieving high-level wellness as defined by Travis and Ryan (2004)?
Biofeedback
2011
Adam Burke, Autumn Gonzalez
6 citations
Meditation is a self-regulatory, mind-body process used to help engage attention and awareness, and to produce a state of inner quiescence. It has been used as a self-transformative practice for millennia, most notably in the Far East. Interest in meditation was evident in the United States in the late 19th century, and began to flourish during the early 1960s as Transcendental Meditation, Zen,...
Biofeedback
2011
Lawrence Edwards
Biofeedback has its beginnings in research conducted on yogis and Zen masters decades ago. Research shows the pervasive positive impact that meditative and mindfulness practices have on individuals. Mindfulness-based practices have been taken out of their broader contexts—extracted from deeper systems of yogic and Buddhist disciplines. Clinicians need to be aware of the unintended consequences...
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
2011
Mindfulness: existential, loss, and grief factors in women with breast cancer.
Biofeedback
2011
Jonathan Shear
5 citations
Meditation procedures can have different types of effects and operate by very different mechanisms. Effects of Mindfulness and Vipassana procedures are often closely akin to what the meditators do in meditation and are understood as emerging via practice-makes-perfect mechanisms. Effects of major procedures from Zen and Transcendental Meditation (TM), by contrast, are often very different from...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
2011
Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain: a systematic review of the evidence.