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Can Mindfulness Help Athletes Feel and Perform Better?

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / /
Mindfulness-based approaches are meanwhile also used in sports. First evidence suggests that mindfulness might help athletes. However, the jury is still out whether this really is the case. On top of it, until now science does not tell what factors might contribute to potential benefits. Why should mindfulness help athletes? One line of argument emphasises […]
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Mechanisms of Mindfulness – The IAA model

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / / /
Mechanisms of mindfulness meditation: The Intention – Attention – Attitude model A good understanding how mindfulness meditation unfolds its beneficial effects is pivotal, whether scientist or mindfulness practitioner. Here, models of the mindfulness mechanisms are a true blessing. Such models direct scientists when specifying their hypotheses and when designing their studies. In turn, the results […]
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Mindfulness – History and Key Principles

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / / / / / / /
What is mindfulness meditation and how did it come about? The history of mindfulness-based stress reduction Mindfulness meditation entered public awareness through the pioneering work of Jon Kabat-Zinn (2007). In the late 1970s, he extracted a few basic meditation practices from their Buddhist framework to introduce them as universally applicable – non-spiritual – exercises. His […]
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Mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of eating disorders

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / / /
Mindfulness-based approaches came to prominence because of holding promise for a variety of mental and physical health conditions, such as chronic pain, stress, recurrent depression, anxiety disorders etc. More recently, mindfulness also started to be used for treating eating disorders. There are several reasons why mindfulness may be beneficial for the treatment and management of […]
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Mindful Eating Programmes: Systematic Reviews

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / / /
Several reviews have attempted to assess the overall effectiveness of existing mindful eating programmes for a wide range of eating-related health outcomes. Some key reviews are listed below. Mindfulness for binge eating Godfrey, K. M., Gallo, L. C., & Afari, N. (2015). Mindfulness-based interventions for binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Behavioral […]
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Mindful eating programmes

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / /
Problematic food and eating behaviours, for example binge eating or emotional eating, have been linked to the increasing rates of overweight and obesity worldwide. It is widely known that many of existing weight loss interventions may reduce weight in the short term but tend not to have successful long-term outcomes. Individuals with obesity who lose […]
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Mindful eating: an overview

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / /
Mindfulness-based approaches have been applied to a wide range of health behaviours, such as physical activity, smoking, sleep, and eating. The idea is that developing core components of mindfulness, such as the ability to act with awareness and to approach experiences with a non-judging and non-reactive attitude allows people to improve their healthy behaviours and […]
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Mindfulness in Education

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / /
Given that mindfulness is thought to improve concentration and emotional reactivity – the way we deal with stressful and unpleasant situations – it doesn’t come as a surprise that mindfulness-based interventions are being advocated for educational settings. A central idea here is that prevention is better than treatment: if children, adolescents and young adults can […]
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The role of mindfulness in physical activity

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / /
Physical activity is beneficial for mental and physical health, through its beneficial effects on sleep, mood, anxiety, depression, stress, fitness, and overall quality of life. However, many people worldwide do not exercise enough and are therefore more likely to experience ill-health associated with an underactive lifestyle. Lack of physical activity has been linked to overweight […]
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