International Journal of Yoga
2017
Vasant Venkatraman Shastri, Alex Hankey, Bhawna Sharma et al.
Competitive examinations, particularly in mathematics, have made emotional stress a major problem for preuniversity students, emotions like aggression toward fellow students and teachers increase. Mindfulness is a quality that reduces both emotional stress and aggression, so increasing mindfulness should be helpful. To study the effects of Yoga Pranayama (YP) and Vedic Mathematics (VM) on...
Transpersonal Psychology Review
2017
Maya Campbell
This paper is in part a reflection on the personal illness which led the author to discover mindfulness and compassion training that supported and helped the author in her rehabilitation after having suffered a cardiac arrest. It explores the origins of mindfulness training and how a more explicit teaching of compassion skills has been found to be highly beneficial in the health and wellbeing,...
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
2017
J. Thimmapuram, Robert Pargament, Kedesha Sibliss et al.
ABSTRACT Background: Burnout poses significant challenges during training years in residency and later in the career. Meditation is a tool to treat stress-related conditions and promote wellness. Telomere length may be affected by burnout and stress. However, the benefits of meditation have not been fully demonstrated in health care professionals. Objective: We assessed the effects of a 12-week...
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2017
Subhadra Evans, M. Ling, B. Hill et al.
Meditation-based interventions such as mindfulness and yoga are commonly practiced in the general community to improve mental and physical health. Parents, teachers and healthcare providers are also increasingly using such interventions with children. This review examines the use of meditation-based interventions in the treatment of children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)....
Journal of Psychology and Cognition
2017
Martha Azucena Traverso-Yépez, Andrew Safer
Stress and anxiety are afflicting Canadians at all ages significantly impacting their health and well-being. In this article, we argue that community-based non-medical alternatives are needed to relieve pressure from the health care system, provide wellness-based solutions that do not rely on medication and empower the individual to assume a primary role in self-care. We present the evaluation...
Queensland University of Technology
2017
Madhavan Mani
1 citation
This thesis tests the efficacy of mindfulness mobile apps to improve wellbeing of young people. It reviews and evaluates existing mindfulness mobile apps to identify high-quality ones and demonstrates their potential to improve wellbeing of young people. Mindfulness has gained empirical support as an effective treatment for variety of mental health conditions including stress, anxiety and...
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2017
Brett Froeliger, Amanda R. Mathew, Patrick A. McConnell et al.
88 citations
The primary goal of this pilot feasibility study was to examine the effects of Mindfulness‐Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), a behavioral treatment grounded in dual‐process models derived from cognitive science, on frontostriatal reward processes among cigarette smokers. Healthy adult (N = 13; mean (SD) age 49 ± 12.2) smokers provided informed consent to participate in a 10‐week study...
Digital Commons - East Tennessee State University
2017
Veronica L O'Brien
Mindfulness meditation is an emerging trend, and previous research conducted focused on benefits of mindfulness meditation as a training technique for beginning counselors, symptoms mindfulness meditation may alleviate, and specific types of mindfulness meditation (e.g., Feldman, Greeson, & Senville, 2010; Greason & Welfare, 2013; Khoury et al., 2013; Sedlmeier, et al., 2012). Little research...
Education and Culture
2017
Kyle A. Greenwalt, Cuong H. Nguyen
5 citations
In this paper, we explore the degree to which the Buddhist mindfulness practice and the habits of democratic citizenship can be reconstructed in light of each other. We ask what mindfulness is, seeking to first understand it in its Buddhist context. Then we turn to the work of John Dewey in order to seek possibilities for mutual reconstruction. Finally, we ask how we can reconcile mindful...
Center for International and Regional Studies
2017
Samani Pratibha Pragya
This study is an attempt to trace the history and development of prekṣā-dhyāna (perception meditation), developed in the last quarter of the twentieth century by Ācārya Mahāprajña (1920-2010), the tenth ācārya of the Jaina Śvetāmbara Terāpanth sect.Prekṣā-dhyāna represents a new synthesis of ancient Jaina ascetic techniques, classical ritualistic meditative elements, and modern science, aimed...