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August 18, 2016
Jacinda K Dariotis, Fallon Cluxton-Keller, Roxanne Mirabal-Beltran et al.
Context: School-based mindfulness and yoga studies generally measure stress-related outcomes using quantitative measures. Objective: This study answers the following research questions: How do youth define stress and in what ways, if any, was a mindful yoga intervention helpful to youth during stress experiences? Design and subjects: To explore youths' own perspectives on stress, stressors in...
Religions
August 8, 2016
Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
This article argues that the emerging project of contemplative science will be best served if it is informed by two perspectives. First, attention should be paid not only to non-analytical and/or mindfulness-based practices, but to a fuller range of contemplative practices, including analytical styles of meditation. Second, the issue of ethics must be addressed as a framework within which to...
Psychopharmacology
July 19, 2016
Kim P. C. Kuypers, Jordi Riba, Mario de la Fuente Revenga et al.
204 citations
INTRODUCTION: Ayahuasca is a South American psychotropic plant tea traditionally used in Amazonian shamanism. The tea contains the psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonist N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), plus β-carboline alkaloids with monoamine oxidase-inhibiting properties. Increasing evidence from anecdotal reports and open-label studies indicates that ayahuasca may have therapeutic effects in...
International Journal of Stress Management
July 4, 2016
Jennifer West, Belle Liang, Joseph Spinazzola
Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and chronic childhood abuse has revealed that traditional trauma treatments often fail to fully address the complicated symptom presentation, including the somatic complaints, loss of awareness of one's emotional and physical being in the present moment, and overall lack of integration between the self and the body. The mindfulness-based intervention of...
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
July 4, 2016
Michael David Mrazek, Benjamin W. Mooneyham, Kaita Lepore Mrazek et al.
Scientific understanding of how much the adult brain can be shaped by experience requires examination of how multiple influences combine to elicit cognitive, affective, and neural plasticity. Using an intensive multifaceted intervention, we discovered that substantial and enduring improvements can occur in parallel across multiple cognitive and neuroimaging measures in healthy young adults. The...
Frontiers in Psychology
July 4, 2016
Yung-Jong Eshiah
84 citations
The maintenance/strength of self is a very core concept in Western psychology and is particularly relevant to egoism, a process that draws on the hedonic principle in pursuit of desires. Contrary to this and based on Buddhism, a nonself-cultivating process aims to minimize or extinguish the self and avoid desires, leading to egolessness or selflessness. The purpose of this paper is to present...
Neuroimage
July 1, 2016
Anselm Doll, Britta K. Hölzel, Satja Mulej Bratec et al.
Mindfulness practice is beneficial for emotion regulation; however, the neural mechanisms underlying this effect are poorly understood. The current study focuses on effects of attention-to-breath (ATB) as a basic mindfulness practice on aversive emotions at behavioral and brain levels. A key finding across different emotion regulation strategies is the modulation of amygdala and prefrontal...
Medical education online
June 8, 2016
Christine Runyan, Judith A Savageau, Stacy Potts et al.
Background: Up to 60% of practicing physicians report symptoms of burnout, which often peak during residency. Residency is also a relevant time for habits of self-care and resiliency to be emphasized. A growing literature underscores the importance of this; however, evidence about effective burnout prevention curriculum during residency remains limited. Objectives: The purpose of this project...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
June 1, 2016
Bethany Butzer, Khalique Ahmed, Sat Bir S Khalsa
Although yoga has been shown to be a viable technique for improving the performance of the mind and body, little attention has been directed to studying the relationship between yoga and the psychological states of flow and mindfulness. Musicians enrolled in a 2-month fellowship program in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were invited to participate in a yoga and meditation program. Fellows not...
International Review of Psychiatry
June 2016
Ramajayam Govindaraj, Sneha Karmani, Shivarama Varambally et al.
Yoga is a multifaceted spiritual tool with enhanced health and well-being as one of its positive effects. The components of yoga which are very commonly applied for health benefits are asanas (physical postures), pranayama (regulated breathing) and meditation. In the context of asanas, yoga resembles more of a physical exercise, which may lead to the perception that yoga is another kind of...