This article explores how memory emerges through material environments and em-bodied practices in historic wooden neighbourhoods. Drawing on research from the WoodiSH project (Wooden Cities: Memory, Sustainability and Craft in Historic Neigh-bourhoods), the study examines how knowledge and cultural memory become embed-ded in-built environments through everyday practices of dwelling, repair, and...
CONTEXT The competency-based medical education curriculum by the National Medical Commission promotes holistic development, including yoga training, to support mental health and resilience in medical students. While yoga is known to reduce stress and enhance mindfulness, its impact on academic performance and stress management in medical students is not well-established. AIM This study aims to...
In the digital age, where human experience is increasingly shaped by algorithms, some scholars have appealed to Clark and Chalmers’s Extended Mind hypothesis to account for human–algorithm relations. These accounts suggest that algorithmically generated content functions as an extension of human cognition. This paper argues that while certain forms of online cognition may indeed be...
This chapter explores how monastic environments foster empathic experiences for both visitors and residents through practices of contemplation, hospitality, and spiritual presence. Drawing on autoethnographic insights and service-learning frameworks, the chapter examines how European monasteries operate as distinctive experiential settings in which silence, ritual, and embodied spirituality...
Non-Ordinary Experiences (NOEs), encompassing phenomena such as feelings of cosmic or divine unity and sensing the presence of deceased persons, are common in the general population of different countries. Despite a recent increase in the number of studies investigating the implications of these experiences for mental health and well-being, no review comprehensively synthesizing existing...
Background: Ayurveda and Quantum physics, although developed in different eras but share same philosophical ideology at many places. This review investigates conceptual similarities between Ayurvedic principles including Pancha mahabhoota, Triguṇa, Doṣha‑Dhatu‑Mala, Ekadasa Indriya, Rasapanchaka with various concepts of quantum physics such as wave–particle duality, observer effect, quantum...
Background: Stress is a natural response to challenging situations, affecting people worldwide, with higher prevalence during the pandemic. Studies show that professional students, especially in medical and engineering fields, experience more stress. Ayurveda links mental strength, or Sattvabala, to overall well-being, emphasizing its role in maintaining calmness and resilience. Acharya Charaka...
Peterson et al. (2026) provide insightful applications of the extended mind thesis (EMT) to the care of a person with dementia (PWD) (Clark and Chalmers 1998; Gallagher 2000; Clark 2008). The EMT i...
Sleep Paralysis (SP) is a well-documented neurological condition characterized by a dissociation between a waking mind and a temporarily paralyzed body during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. While modern science attributes these episodes to irregular sleep patterns or stress, prescribing behavioral strategies or medication for management, conventional medical models often struggle to fully...
Wang Yangming, a Chinese philosopher of the Ming Dynasty, synthesized the philosophical traditions of ancient Confucianism and Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism to establish The Philosophy of Mind (Xinxue), a system with a history exceeding five hundred years. Its theories and practical applications have profoundly influenced social philosophy in East Asian nations such as China, Japan, and Korea, and...