August 26, 2026
Jonathan M. Lieberman
preprint
This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the effects of meditation on physical and mental health in adults (ages 18 to 75) living with chronic physical health conditions. Meditation research in medical contexts has concentrated almost entirely on brief structured mindfulness programs such as MBSR and MBCT. Preliminary evidence from this literature indicates that mindfulness practice can...
Journal of Affective Disorders
August 26, 2026
Decreased accumbens-amygdala connectivity is associated with sleep improvement in late-life depression following mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
Journal of Affective Disorders
August 26, 2026
Effectiveness of mindfulness interventions for depressive symptoms in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Disability and Rehabilitation
August 26, 2026
Anita B Amorim, Claire Ashton-James, Talia Barnet-Hepples et al.
Purpose To explore the experiences of individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain who participated in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, focusing on how the program content and mindfulness practices translated into participants’ lives and how it impacted their pain.Materials and methods We conducted a qualitative descriptive study with 10 (7 women; mean age = 46.5 years, SD...
International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
August 26, 2026
Fiona Yu, Ginger Chu, Melody Smith et al.
Abstract Resilience interventions, such as mindfulness, have been identified as effective strategies for reducing burnout and enhancing well-being. However, the burgeoning body of heterogeneous literature has yielded diverse evidence regarding the effectiveness of resilience interventions for nurses' psychological health. This umbrella review aimed to assess the effectiveness of...
Frontiers in Psychology
August 26, 2026
Weiqiang Qi, Xi Li, Xinyue Liang et al.
Background Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been demonstrated to enhance emotional functioning, but little is known regarding the brief mindfulness training’s effects on various psychological symptoms and positive psychological resources in the long term, especially when compared to both passive and active control conditions. This study aimed to examine the effects of brief...
Scientific Reports
August 26, 2026
Qin Sun, Hongcheng Zhang, Xuan Wang et al.
Response inhibition is a core component of executive function and is closely associated with various mental disorders. Yoga meditation and daytime napping are two different rest strategies believed to improve cognitive function, but their immediate effects on response inhibition and the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. This study compared the immediate effects of a 15‑min yoga...
Religions
August 26, 2026
Malwina Krajewska
This article examines practices of meditation and aspiration performed during the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo in Bodh Gaya, within the Karma Kagyu institutional and devotional network associated with the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje. It focuses on the collective recitation of Samantabhadra’s King of Aspiration Prayers, not only as a liturgical performance, but as a contemplative practice shaped by...
Behavioral Sciences
August 26, 2026
Elisa Puvia, Luca Simione, Nima Gholizadeh et al.
Mortality salience research has played a central role in understanding responses to death awareness and existential threat. At the same time, relatively little research has examined whether long-term contemplative practice may shape affective, cognitive, and implicit responses to mortality-related stimuli. The present study investigated these processes in long-term contemplative practitioners...
Religions
August 26, 2026
Byoungjai Lee
The Pāli formulaic phrase parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā appears throughout the Nikāyas in contexts ranging from breathing meditation to non-breathing practices and idiomatic descriptions of meditative states, yet its central term, parimukha, was never defined within the canon. The subsequent commentarial literature did not unify this semantic openness. Rather, through a cumulative process in...