Do you want to engage with current research into meditation and mindfulness? If yes, here are a few opportunities that might work for you. Reflecting the growing number of researchers engaged in meditation and mindfulness research, the increasingly diverse settings meditation-based approaches are applied in and the expanding range of scientific questions that are being addressed, more and more meetings are set up for staying informed, exchanging and learning more.… Read More »
]]>With mindfulness and other forms of meditation entering the mainstream questions regarding its transformation from a spiritual practice, embedded within a complete system, to a secular “collection of tools” are being raised. The Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society (BPS) set out to address this question at their next section conference, hosted by the University of Northampton. From 10 – 12 October 2014 the conference entitled “Contextualising Mindfulness:… Read More »
]]>Figure 6: Bubble plot of the 19 controlled effects sizes against Intensity of mindfulness training and regression line. R2 (adjusted) = 0.52. [Zenner et al 2014] Studies show promise for improving cognitive performance, stress, coping, and resilience. With the ever-increasing interest in mindfulness-based programmes and the growing recognition that a more mindful approach to life may yield benefits in many life domains – if not in all of them – it… Read More »
]]>If you are interested in reading a range of research articles on mindfulness, this may be for you: The publisher Routledge (member of the Taylor & Francis Group) makes 70 articles on mindfulness available online – and this offer will be there until the end of 2014. You can access these articles at: www.explore.tandfonline.com/page/beh/mindfulness-article-collection Enjoy the browsing and reading © 2014, Peter Malinowski. All rights reserved. You may republish… Read More »
]]>As I am developing this intervention model of Buddhist Therapy, I have had a few people ask how individuals and counselors can help develop change. “Mind precedes things, dominates them, creates them” (Mano pubbangamadhamma mano settha mano maya). ~ Dhammapada The core of change comes from the acknowledgement and understanding of decision-thinking is self-motivated. Even […]
A movie-goer sits in a darkened air conditioned square room watching the giant illuminated screen in front of him. At this point he is calm, almost bored as he waits for his entertainment. Soon, the screen is filled with a tiger walking on the African plains. A hunter, unsuspecting, is eating breakfast in a clearing; […]
European Summer Research Institute The application process for the first Mind and Life European Summer Research Institute has recently opened. After the success of ten Mind and Life Summer Research Institutes in the US Mind & Life Europe now convenes the first European Summer Research Institute to take place from 23rd – 29th August 2014 in the South of Germany. For more information visit esri.mindandlife-europe.org Note that the application deadline is… Read More »
]]>Meditation not only changes our mind but also our brain – this is what more and more neuroscientific research suggests. Neuroplasticity – the change of brain structures as a result of experience – is considered to be one of the most important discoveries of neuroscience. Over the last 10 years evidence has been growing that not only the acquisition of navigational knowledge by London Taxi drivers (see video) or learning… Read More »
]]>Let me share a few thoughts regarding the state of mindfulness research and also reflecting on mindfulness-based applications that, at least partially, justify their use by referring to scientific evidence of their effectiveness. A recently published analysis of the available research regarding the effectiveness of meditation programmes for psychological stress and wellbeing inspired me to jot down some of the thoughts I have been carrying around for a while. This… Read More »
]]>Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness: State of the Field and Recommendations for Future Research The call for research abstract submissions is now open – Deadline 6 December 2013. 14 & 15 April 2014 Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice Bangor University, …
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