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Mindfulness meditation – How does it work? Part Two

2011-11-26/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Meditation, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Psychology

In a recent post I introduced a theoretical paper that outlines how mindfulness meditation works. Britta Hölzel and co-workers explain the assumed mechanisms that underpin the beneficial effects of mindfulness practice . Here I would like to offer a few more ideas that arose when reading this interesting paper. Hölzel et al’s (2011) model of mindfulness mechanisms A theoretical perspective of mechanisms of mindfulness The authors developed the presented model on theoretical grounds and – to a varying degree –... Read more

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Mindfulness meditation – How does it work?

2011-11-22/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Meditation, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Psychology

Buddhist Mindfulness practice has been around for more than 2500 years. Now, revamped in a psychological and neuroscientific context, we start asking the question, how this practice actually works. Well, we are not talking about how it helps individuals to reach a state of liberation or even to move on to enlightenment, but we want to see whether some of the processes that lead to beneficial outcomes can be described in psychological and neuroscientific terminology. You may wonder if this is... Read more

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

2021-04-05/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Mechanisms, Meditation, Mindfulness

Here we summarise a long list of proposed mechanisms of meditation that outline how positive change resulting from mindfulness meditation and other meditation practices comes about. In addition to a list of these mechanisms, we also consider different models that offer integrated views on how the mechanisms work and interact, including Buddhist and therapeutic perspectives. […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more

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