Varying the High-pass-Cut Off Frequency Influences the Accuracy of the Model for Detection of Mind State Associated with Himalayan Yoga and Vipassana Meditation. [PDF]
Ann NeurosciBackground Meditation and Yoga practices are being adopted and gaining considerable interest as a tool that prevents the occurrence of numerous ailments.
Munjal R, Varshney T.
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An Observational Study to Assess the Reflection of Vipassana Meditation (VM) on the Perception of "Mindfulness" as a Tool for Health Promotion Among Beneficiaries of VM. [PDF]
CureusIntroduction Vipassana meditation (VM) is an ancient meditation technique based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha that involves becoming aware of the present moment and the associated experiences.
Wankhade T, Lavangare S, Dani AP.
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The Neuroscience of Religious and Spiritual Practices: A Systematic Review of Neurotheological Evidence. [PDF]
Brain BehavSystematic synthesis of 105 neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies demonstrates that religious and spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer, chanting, worship, and mystical experiences, produce practice‐specific neuroplastic changes in brain networks governing attention, self‐referential processing, emotion regulation, connectivity ...
Husain W +10 more
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Performing Meditation: Vipassana and Zen as Technologies of the Self [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this dissertation is to reflect on technologies of the self, a term coined by Michel Foucault to study western practices of self-formation. Influenced by his work on subjectivity and by Science and Technology Studies (STS), I explore two forms
Antonio Manuel Simoes Lopes Paiva de Carvalho (21826616)
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A Randomized Clinical Trial Reveals Effects of Mindfulness and Slow Breathing on Plasma Amyloid Beta Levels. [PDF]
PsychophysiologyABSTRACT 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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Mitigating Emotion Dysregulation in Adolescents: The Effectiveness of Vipassana Meditation [PDF]
, 2023 Introduction. Mood swings, hypersensitivity, stress, and frustration intolerance are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems adolescents have in properly controlling and regulating their emotions.
Kumar, Navin +2 more
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Phenomenological study: experiences in meditation practice vipassana of a group of people who attend a health center meditation in Guarne (Antioquia) [PDF]
, 2023 Las estadísticas muestran que los problemas mentales van en aumento, lo que invita a explorar opciones para minimizar factores de riesgo y consolidar factores protectores.
Erazo Ruiz, Paula Alejandra +3 more
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Buddhism in Addiction Recovery
Encyclopedia, 2022 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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Religions, 2021 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
Religions, 2018 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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