Mindfulness-based interventions can successfully target negative perseverative cognitions such as worry and thought suppression, but their acceptability and effectiveness in people with long-term conditions is uncertain. We therefore pilot tested a six-week meditation and mindfulness intervention

a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Mindfulness-based meditation interventions have become increasingly popular in contemporary psychology. Other closely related meditation practices include loving-kindness meditation (LKM) and compassion meditation (CM), exercises oriented toward enhancing

The analysis of meditation as a factor of an individual’s psychological and emotional well-being as well as the comparison of main emotional intelligence quantitative measurement methods and the justification of the method used in the study were performed. Main features of the migrants ’ social-psychological

. On the other hand, my experience teaching Buddhist psychology and Vipassana meditation has made it equally clear that clinging to a sense of personal continuity and self-identity results in chronic discontent and psychic conflict. Every instant of our lives this clinging puts us in opposition to a universe

ii Kenneth I. Pargament, Advisor Working with a sample of 54 mildly depressed undergraduates, the present study compared the effects of spiritual meditation, secular meditation, and relaxation techniques on mood and spiritual well-being. Upon random assignment to the Spiritual Meditation group

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Meditation is clearly moving into the mainstream. Evidence of this is the August 4, 2003, cover story in Time magazine which explored the research on the physiological and psychological aspects of meditation. Since then, numerous stories have been published on the scientific findings relating

Meditation is now one of the most enduring, widespread, and researched of all psychotherapeutic methods. How-ever, to date the meeting of the meditative disciplines and Western psychology has been marred by significant misun-derstandings and by an assimilative integration in which much

ABSTRACT: This article describes the design and advocacy of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz and Contemplative Studies curriculum at The University of Michigan School of Music. The curriculum combines meditation practice and related studies with jazz and overall musical training and is part of a

Abstract Mystical experiences have always been studied with a sense of awe and mystery both by the laypersons as well as the scientists. Today due to advancements in Spiritual Psychology, Consciousness studies and Meditation studies, they are being explored from a scientific perspective. As a