Psycho-Oncology
September 11, 2019
Linda Cillessen, Maja Johannsen, Anne E. M. Speckens et al.
326 citations
Mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly used within psycho‐oncology. Since the publication of the most recent comprehensive meta‐analysis on MBIs in cancer in 2012, the number of published trials has more than doubled. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), testing the efficacy of MBIs on measures of psychological...
Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
September 9, 2019
Anna Lutkajtis
The current popularity of ‘secular’ meditation has been due in large part to its promotion in the mainstream Western media. In 1975 Time magazine ran a cover featuring an image of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation (TM) along with the headline: ‘Meditation: The Answer to All Your Problems?’ Ever since, stories about meditation have captured the attention of a...
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
September 7, 2019
Mina Azarnik
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on health-related quality of life (QOL) and self-efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods: The present experimental field study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population of this study included all patients with rheumatoid arthritis...
Brain Sciences
September 6, 2019
Yanli Lin, William D. Eckerle, Ling W. Peng et al.
23 citations
A nascent line of research aimed at elucidating the neurocognitive mechanisms of mindfulness has consistently identified a relationship between mindfulness and error monitoring. However, the exact nature of this relationship is unclear, with studies reporting divergent outcomes. The current study sought to clarify the ambiguity by addressing issues related to construct heterogeneity and...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Seabrook, Ryan Kelly, Fiona Foley et al.
Background Regular mindfulness practice has been demonstrated to be beneficial for mental health, but mindfulness can be challenging to adopt, with environmental and personal distractors often cited as challenges. Virtual reality (VR) may address these challenges by providing an immersive environment for practicing mindfulness and by supporting the user to orient attention to the present moment...
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
September 4, 2019
Erika Nyhus, W. Engel, Tomas Donatelli Pitfield et al.
Mindfulness meditation has been shown to improve episodic memory and increase theta oscillations which are known to play a role in episodic memory retrieval. The present study examined the effect of mindfulness meditation on episodic memory retrieval and theta oscillations. Using a longitudinal design, subjects in the mindfulness meditation experimental group who underwent 4 weeks of...
Asian Medicine
September 2, 2019
F. Garrett
Beginning with stories of hunger and food magic in Tibetan biographies, I explore a dietary practice of total abstinence from material foods. Buddhist meditators are said to enjoy “the food of meditation” or “the food of the sky.” Texts teach meditators how to use visualization and yogic movement to “extract the essence” of breath and use it as food. When discussing illnesses that may be...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
September 2, 2019
Dorthe Djernis, Inger Lerstrup, Dorthe Varning Poulsen et al.
154 citations
Research has proven that both mindfulness training and exposure to nature have positive health effects. The purpose of this study was to systematically review quantitative studies of mindfulness interventions conducted in nature (nature-based mindfulness), and to analyze the effects through meta-analyses. Electronic searches revealed a total of 25 studies to be included, examining 2990...
Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on 4C’s-Communication, Commerce, Connectivity, Culture, SIMSARC 2018, 17-19 December 2018, Pune, MH, India
September 2, 2019
Dr. Pradhan Seema, Dr. V. V. Ajithkumar
. Vipassana meditation (VM) is an ancient Indian meditation technique. Literature review indicates that by practicing VM regularly the meditator develops empathy, equanimity and interpersonal skills leading to better communication ability. A quantitative study was conducted on meditator and non-meditator employees comprising of 240 participants each by using a developed Behaviour Measure Scale...
Psychosomatic Medicine
September 1, 2019
Adam W. Hanley, Eric L Garland
ABSTRACT: Objective: Mindfulness-based interventions target novel pain relief mechanisms not captured by legacy pain scales, including 1) cultivating awareness of pleasant and neutral sensations proximal to unpleasant sensations and 2) interoceptively mapping sensation location and spatial distribution. Methods: We created a digital sensation manikin (SM) by overlaying a human figure silhouette...