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Meditation Research News - December 2024

Mindfulness Meditation Exercises

This growing section introduces and offers guidance for key mindfulness meditation exercises. Most of them are part and parcel of

Strengths-based mindfulness

👍The original article from 2020 was recently updated and extended. Mindfulness and Positive Psychology Positive psychology enriches the range of

Are online mindfulness courses effective?

Do online mindfulness-based interventions work? The most recent meta-analysis aggregates evidence from 97 randomised controlled trials. It concludes that mindfulness

What is Equanimity?

Equanimity plays an important role in Buddhist psychology and in the last few years also gained traction in psychological research,

Mechanisms of Meditation: How do positive effects of meditation come about?

Here we summarise a long list of proposed mechanisms of meditation that outline how positive change resulting from mindfulness meditation

Mindfulness in the Workplace

Mindfulness- based programmes enhance attentional and cognitive functions, improve the self-regulation of emotions and behaviour and positively influence our physiology.

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Systematic reviews aggregate the available evidence regarding one research question, while meta-analyses provide a statistical estimate that tells if there

Trust-based approaches to meditation

While mindfulness-based and compassion-focused meditation practices are well-known in psychological and scientific circles, trust-based approaches have not yet received much

Compassion-focused meditation practices

Compassion- focused meditations are central to most forms of Buddhism and are of central importance in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In particular

Mechanisms of Mindfulness - The IAA model

Mechanisms of mindfulness meditation: The Intention – Attention – Attitude model A good understanding how mindfulness meditation unfolds its beneficial effects is

Mindfulness - History and Key Principles

The history of mindfulness-based stress reduction Mindfulness meditation entered public awareness through the pioneering work of Jon Kabat-Zinn (2007). In

Negative side effects of meditation

Given the rising popularity of meditation as a means to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing, it may seem

Mindfulness in Education

Given that mindfulness is thought to improve concentration and emotional reactivity – the way we deal with stressful and unpleasant situations

What do we mean by meditation?

With current use of umbrella terms, a 5-minute meditation exercise from a popular phone application might be treated the same