The present study is aimed to ascertain whether differences in meditation proficiency alter rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep) as well as the overall sleep-organization. Whole-night polysomnography was carried out using 32-channel digital EEG system. 20 senior Vipassana meditators, 16 novice Vipassana meditators and 19 non-meditating control subjects participated in the study. The REM sleep...
This paper discusses meditation from the unique perspective of the nondual approach and explores the possible relevance of this approach to applications of love and compassion meditation in clinical settings. It contrasts the nondual approach with the better known gradual or goal-oriented, dualistic view of meditation. This paper also introduces one of the central ideas of the nondual...
A simple theory of health has recently been proposed: while poor quality regulation corresponds to poor quality health so that improving regulation should improve health, optimal regulation optimizes function and optimizes health. Examining the term 'optimal regulation' in biological systems leads to a straightforward definition in terms of 'criticality' in complexity biology, a concept that...
최근 10여년 간 마음챙김 명상과 더불어 불교의 주요 수행법인 자비명상에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이 연구는 불교 대승 전통에 기초하여 개발된 자애미소명상의 심리사회영적 영향에 대한 탐색적 연구이다. 연구 1에서 일반성인 참가자들은 실험집단(16명)과 대기자 집단(20명)으로 할당되었고, 사전, 사후 및 추후검사가 수행되었다. 실험집단은 통제집단에 비해 사후 및 추후점수에서 자기-관련변인(자기-자비, 자기-존중감), 사회적 관계변인(자비적 사랑, 사회적 연결감, 용서) 및 영성 관련 변인에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 연구 2에서는 참가자 7명을 대상으로 포커스 그룹 인터뷰를 실시하여 수행 중 체험 및 수행 후 일상생활의 변화를 분석한 결과 신체적, 정서적, 인지적, 대인관계적...
May 31, 2016S. Coaccioli, G. Varrassi, R. Giorno et al.
Study background: The aim of this study was the investigation the role of meditation in a cohort of Italy resident subjects coming from Thailand, following only complementary medicine. Methods: The cohort of subjects has been examined (60 subjects) by the visual analogue scale (VAS) scale for pain measurement. The subjects have been divided in two groups: experts (>10 years) and Lower experts...
OBJECTIVES: To explore putative mediators of a mindfulness-based intervention to decrease distress in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to explore the patients' perspectives on this intervention. DESIGN: We used an explanatory mixed methods design incorporating quantitative data from a pilot randomized control trial and a qualitative interview study with people who completed the...
Abstract This study is intended to identify the impacts the Brain Education Meditation Program have on elementary school students' self-regulated learning ability and the academic self-efficacy, This study aims to answerthese three questions: First, is the Brain Education Meditation Program effective in improving self-regulated learning abilities of elementary school students? Second, is the...
Consistent with its growing popularity amongst the general public and medical community, throughout recent decades there have been increasing attempts to understand the mechanisms that underlie therapeutic improvement in individuals receiving mindfulness training. The current paper draws upon findings from various remits of scientific enquiry and summarises key evidence-based mechanisms of...
AIM: To explore how practising mindfulness affects people's experiences of living with a long-term condition. BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggest that mindfulness meditation-based interventions benefit people with long-term conditions, particularly in terms of psychological well-being. Most evidence, however, relates to short-term outcomes and limited information exists about how people use...
Meditation and hypnosis both aim to facilitate cognitive-emotional flexibility, i.e., the "de-automatization" of thought and behavior. However, little research or theory has addressed how internal thought patterns might change after such interventions, even though alterations in the internal flow of consciousness may precede externally observable changes in behavior. This chapter outlines three...
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