Healthcare students face intense emotional and academic stress, leading to anxiety and poor mental health. Body-Mind Axial Awareness (BMAA)-a movement-based, body-centered practice-integrates bodily awareness and interoceptive attention to promote mind-body regulation and mental health. A pretest-posttest controlled design was used with 38 students in the BMAA group and 27 in the control group....
In the modern fast-paced world, individuals are increasingly exposed to stress, digital overload, and declining mental well-being. Mindfulness has emerged as an effective approach to improve psychological health and overall quality of life. The present study examines the importance of mindfulness in daily life, focusing on its role in stress reduction, emotional regulation, and cognitive...
Psychiatric nursing can involve patient agitation, emotional labor, and difficult ethical situations, which are prone to nurse burnout and job-related stresses. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), could help alleviate such challenges. This narrative review brings together qualitative and...
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) aims to foster adaptive attention and pain reappraisal. While research has demonstrated MORE's efficacy, the progression through which participants modify their relationship to pain remains unclear. To understand this process, we conducted a qualitative study with data from a clinical trial of MORE for patients with lumbosacral radicular pain...
Flow, a state of deep absorption in an activity, is linked to enhanced performance and well-being. Mindfulness, emphasizing present-moment awareness and acceptance, may promote flow. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the impact of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on flow state and trait in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Following PRISMA guidelines, PubMed, Scopus,...
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) poses a significant challenge, with many patients failing to achieve remission with conventional therapies. While repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is an established and effective neuromodulatory treatment for TRD, a notable proportion of patients do not fully respond. Despite the clinical utility of rTMS, response variability remains a...
Through a core understanding of the Buddhist concept of interbeing and how it aligns with theatre as a school for empathy, Teo shares a reflective journey-mapping of the generative process of creating Labyrinth: Defining Humanity (2018), an international performance project in Beijing, China. Teo, whose contemplative practices are rooted primarily in Buddhism, seeks to integrate spiritual...
This chapter argues that contemplative practices can be important tools for promoting anti-oppression pedagogical objectives in sport-focused education. It draws from the growing body of research on the pedagogical benefits of contemplative methods and practices that emphasise introspection, compassionate consideration of self and others, and mindful awareness of one’s internal thoughts and...
This article introduces rest and restfulness as contemplative practice in the context of elementary schooling. As a Canadian elementary teacher, I have been researching ways to introduce contemplative practices of education to support children in their well-being. Children struggle under the pressures of expectations to achieve and excel, to conform and perform, which just as well applies to...
Mindfulness-based interventions that lack cultural resonance and fail to address liberation can fall short in supporting the well-being of communities impacted by social injustices. This study aimed to identify and illuminate how the lived experiences of two Black women psychologists informed the creation of mindfulness-based, emancipatory contemplative practice programs designed for Black and...