A Randomized Clinical Trial Reveals Effects of Mindfulness and Slow Breathing on Plasma Amyloid Beta Levels. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Prior research suggests that meditation may slow brain aging and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, we lack research systematically examining what aspect(s) of meditation may drive such benefits. In particular, it is unknown how breathing patterns during meditation might influence health outcomes associated with AD.
Nashiro K +12 more
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Personal and relational experiences on meditation journeys following developmental trauma: An IPA study of adults who experienced an inconsistent evolved developmental niche. [PDF]
Abstract Objectives In recent decades, research has increasingly highlighted the devastating effects of childhood trauma and relational processes that violate human development. However, the unique dynamics of such early‐life deprivations in adults who practice meditation, a context where the complexity of such wounding (and healing) may become ...
Frastali AM, Rawal A.
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Decoding Depth of Meditation: Electroencephalography Insights From Expert Vipassana Practitioners [PDF]
Nicco Reggente +2 more
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Occipital gamma activation during Vipassana meditation [PDF]
Long-term Vipassana meditators sat in meditation vs. a control rest (mind-wandering) state for 21 min in a counterbalanced design with spontaneous EEG recorded. Meditation state dynamics were measured with spectral decomposition of the last 6 min of the eyes-closed silent meditation compared to control state.
Cahn, B Rael +2 more
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Penelitian ini berawal dari suatu masalah terutama dalam pengetahuan mengenai meditasi yang diangkat karena masih ada orang-orang yang belum memahami perihal meditasi dalam Agama Buddha terutama meditasi Vipassana. Hal ini juga dipengaruhi oleh banyak orang sehat secara jasmani namun rohani dan batin mereka sedang sakit.
Agus Harianto +2 more
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Buddhism in Addiction Recovery
Buddhism was established by Guatama Buddha as a practice to liberate sentient beings from suffering. Mindfulness-Based interventions (MBIs) are Western psychologists’ adaptation of mindfulness/Vipassana to treat mental illnesses.
Vanessa Wang, Bryant M. Stone
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This paper examines how the teaching of embodied practices of transnational Buddhist meditation has been designated for healing depression explicitly in contemporary Chinese Buddhist communities with the influences of Buddhist modernism in Southeast Asia
Ngar-sze Lau
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Transcending Gender: Female Non-Buddhists’ Experiences of the Vipassanā Meditation Retreat
Female non-Buddhists have been writing detailed descriptions of their personal experiences in vipassanā meditation retreats since the 1960s. These memoirists relate to the English-speaking world their experience of the retreat process and self ...
Brooke Schedneck
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The emerging role of Buddhism in clinical psychology: Toward effective integration. [PDF]
Research into the clinical utility of Buddhist-derived interventions (BDIs) has increased greatly over the last decade. While clinical interest has predominantly focused on mindfulness meditation, there has also been an increase in the scientific ...
Griffiths, MD, Shonin, E, Van Gordon, W
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The neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based pain relief: a functional magnetic resonance imaging-based review and primer. [PDF]
The advent of neuroimaging methodologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), has significantly advanced our understanding of the neurophysiological processes supporting a wide spectrum of mind-body approaches to treat pain. A promising
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