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Unlocking the Tyranny of Modern Thinking: Keys From Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Buddhism

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT One barrier to mental health and a common focus of psychotherapy is the tendency to identify with relentless, often self‐critical thinking that searches for faults, becomes easily distracted, and pulls individuals away from the present moment.
Barbara Carter
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Anapana Meditation Technique in School Children

open access: yesNepal Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2022
Ānāpāna is a type of meditation in which the incoming and departing natural breaths are used as meditation objects. S.N. Goenka, a vipassana teacher from the Ledi Sayadaw lineage, has created a special meditation course for schoolchildren called ...
Mukti Prasad Pandey
doaj   +1 more source

Interconnecting Vipassana with Human Health and School Curriculum

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Research in Education, 2022
A desk review was done to analyze the relevance of Vipassana with the overall dimensions of health and to find out its interconnection with the school curriculum for enhancing the education sector and shifting the paradigm. Secondary data were collected via an internet online portal and analyzed by making a theme.
Santosh Lama, Bhagwan Aryal
openaire   +1 more source

Personal and relational experiences on meditation journeys following developmental trauma: An IPA study of adults who experienced an inconsistent evolved developmental niche

open access: yesPsychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 99, Issue 1, Page 201-218, March 2026.
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 ...
Anna‐Maria Frastali, Adhip Rawal
wiley   +1 more source

Arousal vs. relaxation: a comparison of the neurophysiological and cognitive correlates of Vajrayana and Theravada meditative practices.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Based on evidence of parasympathetic activation, early studies defined meditation as a relaxation response. Later research attempted to categorize meditation as either involving focused or distributed attentional systems.
Ido Amihai, Maria Kozhevnikov
doaj   +1 more source

Decoding the Self: Single‐Trial Prediction of Self‐Boundary Meditation States From Magnetoencephalography Recordings

open access: yesHuman Brain Mapping, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2026.
Meditation‐induced self‐boundary dissolution can be predicted from magnetoencephalography recordings using Lempel‐Ziv complexity and oscillatory power as neural markers. We demonstrate significantly above‐chance classification of altered self‐experience on a single‐trial basis and show that it is mediated by complex activation patterns across brain ...
Henrik Röhr   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 1: Yoga

open access: yesRevista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
Several clinical studies demonstrate how exercises from Vedic traditions, such as Yoga, or Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as tantric practices, have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
doaj   +1 more source

Vipassana Meditation and Life Effectiveness

open access: yesJournal of Education and Vocational Research, 2012
the present study is aimed at understanding the influence of Vipassana Meditation among business managers who did Vipassana Meditation during their management education or after. How far Vipassana Meditation process influences life effectiveness of these young managers.
openaire   +2 more sources

What Makes Them Happy? The Determinant Factors of Happiness Among Communities in an Endemic Phase

open access: yesHealth &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Due to its link to social welfare, happiness has gained interest from many stakeholders. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic has severely impacted community well‐being and happiness. The identification of community happiness factors, especially during an endemic phase, is vital for developing effective policy strategies.
Naziatul Aziah Mohd Radzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 3: Comparative Paper

open access: yesRevista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
Several clinical studies show how tantric practices and exercises of Vedic traditions—such as Yoga—or Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
doaj   +1 more source

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