Journal of Advanced Research in Ayurveda Yoga Unani Sidhha & Homeopathy
October 8, 2020
Siddappa Naragatti
1 citation
This review article focuses on necessity and importance of meditation in life. Modern hazardous lifestyle and unhealthy work style resulting from money-making mind and selfish nature is causing various ailments. Only meditation is the way for overcoming these illnesses and leading a happy healthy life in this universe. Traditional ways are the justified footprints. It is the time to look inside...
Social Science & Medicine
October 8, 2020
"Cooling of the mind": Assessing the relevance of mindfulness training among people living with HIV using alcohol and other substances in South Africa.
The Oxford Handbook of Meditation
October 8, 2020
Masoumeh Rahmani
Abstract S. N. Goenka’s Vipassana movement is famous for its ten-day intensive silent retreats and its consistent rejection of religious categories, though its teachings and practices are directly derived from Theravada Buddhism. Drawing from qualitative research, this chapter examines a range of rhetorical strategies that Goenka uses to distinguish his movement from religion and the...
The Oxford Handbook of Meditation
October 8, 2020
Juhn Y. Ahn
7 citations
Abstract Buddhists commonly assumed the path to liberation to require perfect concentration or supernatural insight, or the combination of the two. Concerns were therefore often voiced about the inability to attain concentration and the possibility of insight going awry. Buddhists came to regard these undesirable conditions as sickness and called them meditation sicknesses. This chapter...
October 8, 2020
Dusana Dorjee
Psychophysiological research on meditation examines modulations in brain and body physiology resulting from, or associated with, meditation. This chapter considers the available evidence regarding the effects of meditation on psychophysiological markers, including frontal electroencephalography (EEG) alpha asymmetry, event-related brain potentials (ERPs), heart-rate variability (HRV) and its...
Aphasiology
October 7, 2020
Sweta Panda, Anne Whitworth, D. Hersh et al.
ABSTRACT Background Meditation practices have been found to improve both cognitive and psychological functions related, in particular, to attention and well-being in both healthy people and those with chronic health conditions, including stroke. Considering the range of cognitive and psychosocial consequences in people with post-stroke aphasia, meditation has been identified as a potential...
October 7, 2020
Noémie Le Pertel, Jonathan Fisher, Nicholas T. van Dam
ABSTRACT Transformative learning harnesses reflection to create deep change in adult learners. These changes can be embodied in our neurobiological and cardiovascular systems. These physiological embodiments of transformative learning require health of body and mind. Contemplative practices including embodied reflective practices are technologies that can support the reintegration of body,...
Journal of Affective Disorders
October 7, 2020
Éva Gál, Simona Stefan, I. Cristea
BACKGROUND Mindfulness applications are popular tools for improving well-being, but their effectiveness is unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that employed a mindfulness meditation app as the main intervention to improve users' well-being and mental-health related outcomes. METHODS A systematic search was conducted in PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science,...
Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
October 6, 2020
Jessica Chandler
Background: Caregivers are a crucial part of positive health outcomes for many chronically ill patients. Many caregivers experience stress and strain related to their caregiving role that may lead to neglecting their own health, both physical and mental, ultimately causing development of their own chronic illnesses. Aim of the study: To evaluate acceptability and usability of a previously...
JMIR Formative Research
October 6, 2020
John C Sieverdes, Frank A Treiber, Christopher E Kline et al.
Background: African Americans (AAs) experience greater sleep quality problems than non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs). Meditation may aid in addressing this disparity, although the dosage levels needed to achieve such benefits have not been adequately studied. Smartphone apps present a novel modality for delivering, monitoring, and measuring adherence to meditation protocols. Objective: This 6-month...