Meditation Research Articles

Meditation at Ice-Out

Meditation at Ice-Out

Ludolph the Carthusian,‘Your Hearts Will Rejoice’: Easter Meditations from the ‘Vita Christi’ by Ludolph of Saxony (trans. by Milton T. Walsh)

Ludolph the Carthusian,<i>‘Your Hearts Will Rejoice’: Easter Meditations from the ‘Vita Christi’ by Ludolph of Saxony </i>(trans. by Milton T. Walsh)

The Meditation Effects of Self-esteem on the Relationship model between Korean new elderly class’s Recovery resilience and Productive aging

The Meditation Effects of Self-esteem on the Relationship model between Korean new elderly class’s Recovery resilience and Productive aging

Convergent Approach of about Nursing Students' Experience of Mind Settling and Introspection Meditation

Convergent Approach of about Nursing Students' Experience of Mind Settling and Introspection Meditation

The improving effect of meditation training on elderly patients with postoperative cognitive dysfunction recovering from operation for valvular heart disease

Objective To investigate treatment of meditation training for elderly patients with cognitive disorder recovering from operation for valvular heart disease(VHD). Method 67 elderly patients who were up to the inclusion criteria were divided into experiment group(n=34)and control group(n=33), by dropping coins according to the admission time.Both of the two groups accepted regular health education and mental nursing.Besides, the experiment group accepted meditation training 5 times a week. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was used to evaluate cognitive function before and after the treatment. Results (1)Ridit analysis showed the intervention effect of the experimental group was better than that of the control group(R=2.12, t=-2.48, u=0.02), and the difference was statistically significant(P<0, 05). The total effective rate of experiment group is 90.32%, while the rate of control group is 62.89%. (2)The score of MoCA for the experiment group(25.79±1.23)was higher than that of the control group(23.85±1.82)after 6 weeks intervention, and the difference was statistically significant(t=5.14, P<0.01). (3) The score of MoCA of the experiment group before the intervention (23.91±2.22)was lower than after 6 weeks intervention(25.79±1.23), and the difference was statistically significant(t=-4.30, P<0.01). Conclusion Meditation training can effectively improve cognitive function of elderly patients recovering from operation for VHD. Key words: Meditation; Cognition; Cognitive disorder

The Theme of the Fountain-Wound in a Baroque Manuscript Meditation: The Impact of Iconography on Poetry

The Theme of the Fountain-Wound in a Baroque Manuscript Meditation: The Impact of Iconography on PoetryBehind the foundation of the monastic meditation about fountains is a concrete devotional graphic from Western Europe. It is the Dutch emblem that is the key to the interpretation of the religious text, which uses words to directly refer to a specific image. These cultural correspondences constitute a curious phenomenon. They present the spirituality as well as the mentality of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European society. This seems to confirm, at the same time, the fact that no artistic activity is ever isolated. Motyw fontanny-ran w barokowej rękopiśmiennej medytacji: wpływ ikonografii na poezjęU początków monastycznej medytacji o fontannie stoi konkretna dewocyjna grafika z Zachodu Europy. To holenderski emblemat, będący kluczem do interpretacji tekstu religijnego, posługującego się słowami w celu bezpośredniego odwołania do owego obrazu. Te kulturowe korespondencje stanowią ciekawe zjawisko. Odsłaniają duchowość i mentalność siedemnasto- i osiemnastowiecznego społeczeństwa europejskiego. Równocześnie zdają się potwierdzać fakt, iż żadna aktywność artystyczna nigdy nie jest izolowana.

Considering the Function of Repetition in Art and Art Therapy

This paper considers the use of repetition in art making processes in the fields of Art Psychotherapy and Fine Art. It asks whether there might be similarities between the two. It does not set up a hypothesis to be tested but is more a reflection on the subject, which could be developed into further research. Some of the art psychotherapy literature addressing uses of repetition is discussed. It is notable that this subject comes up quite often in the literature on autistic spectrum disorders and in mental health settings. The paper also looks at Freud’s 1920 essay on repetition and his ideas about the existence of a death instinct, followed by subsequent writing on this subject by Deleuze (1968) who challenges Freud’s definition of the death instinct. A recent case vignette from art psychotherapy clinical practice in an acute mental health setting follows this. Finally, consideration of repetition in the field of Fine Art/Visual Theory is presented. There is an attempt to identify common ground between the responses to repetition as a feature of art making. Keywords: Process, gesture, meditation, assimilation, rhythm

Henri Matisse’s Ecrits et propos sur l’art. A phenomenological inquiry on nature, feeling and origin

Through a phenomenological reading of Henri Matisse’s Ecrits et propos sur l ’ art the paper analyzes in their mutual connection the themes of nature, feeling and origin in relation to the Artist’s works (in particular the ones of the Fauvist period) and to his own reflection on art. Interpreting nature through feeling is something more than a solipsistic glance on reality linked to private emotions, it is, according to M. Merleau-Ponty’s theory of perception and expression, a way to create symbols of the living unity of consciousness and the external world. In conclusion, the paper shows the theme of the origin as Matisse’s pictorial way to meditate on the possibility of artistic creation in its necessary connection with the experience of the lifeworld. The constitutive ground of the lifeworld can only be represented into the effort of pure colors and arabesque to show a meditation on the temporal dimension of the origin in which a new disclosing sense can be expressed.

Buddhism, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy – A Model for the Utilisation of Meditation in Clinical Practice:

Buddhism, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy – A Model for the Utilisation of Meditation in Clinical Practice:

Children, Resilience and Meditation:

Children, Resilience and Meditation:

A Mixed-Methods Study of the Psychological process of Loving-Kindness Meditation and its Effects on Heart-Smile Meditation Participants

최근 10여년 간 마음챙김 명상과 더불어 불교의 주요 수행법인 자비명상에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이 연구는 불교 대승 전통에 기초하여 개발된 자애미소명상의 심리사회영적 영향에 대한 탐색적 연구이다. 연구 1에서 일반성인 참가자들은 실험집단(16명)과 대기자 집단(20명)으로 할당되었고, 사전, 사후 및 추후검사가 수행되었다. 실험집단은 통제집단에 비해 사후 및 추후점수에서 자기-관련변인(자기-자비, 자기-존중감), 사회적 관계변인(자비적 사랑, 사회적 연결감, 용서) 및 영성 관련 변인에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 연구 2에서는 참가자 7명을 대상으로 포커스 그룹 인터뷰를 실시하여 수행 중 체험 및 수행 후 일상생활의 변화를 분석한 결과 신체적, 정서적, 인지적, 대인관계적 영역에서 총 13개의 범주가 나타났다. 신체적 영역에는 이완과 스트레스 반응의 감소 등이, 정서적 영역에서는 분노의 감소, 긍정정서의 증가 등이, 인지적 영역에서는 자각 및 공감능력의 증가 등이, 대인관계 영역에서는 타인에 대한 연결감과 수용능력의 증가가 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 초기 불교 전통의 자애명상 연구 결과와 대비하여 논의하였다. 또한, 자애미소명상을 심리치료 프로그램으로 활용하기 위한 방안 및 자애미소명상의 치료 기제 및 치료 효과 지속성에 대한 추후 연구 과제를 제시하였다.

Influence of looming cognitive style and fear of negative evaluation on anxiety in college students

Objective To explore the effect of looming cognitive style and negative evaluation on anxiety in college students. Methods A total of 300 college students were assessed with looming maladaptive style questionnaire(LMSQ), Beck anxiety inventory(BAI) and fear of negative evaluation scale(FNE). Results (1)There was significant gender difference in fear of negative evaluation in college students(90.16±11.69 vs 97.63±11.69, t=-2.770, P 0.05; 29.82±7.89 vs 28.84±7.22, t=0.813, P>0.05). (2)LCS were positively correlated with fear of negative evaluation and anxiety(P<0.01). (3) Looming cognitive style could forecast anxiety in college students (β=0.257). Looming cognitive style and fear of negative evaluation could forecast anxiety in college students together (β1=0.137, β2=0.247). (4)The meditation effects of fear of negative evaluation in total effect were 0.468. Conclusion Looming cognitive style and fear of negative evaluation are important factors influencing the anxiety of college students, fear of negative evaluation plays an important mediation role between looming cognitive style and anxiety of college students. Key words: Looming cognitive style; Fear of negative evaluation; College students; Anxiety

Coda: Memory Work

In this piece of memory work, Delia Aguilar reflects on the meaning of coming home from exile. Aguilar opens with a story of a trip where the author and E. San Juan, Jr. regarded the ruins of Escolta, Manila’s former fashionable district. Using this story, Aguilar meditates on the ethics of memory and the politics of witnessing history. This is the history of her partnership with San Juan in which their embrace of radical politics has become their way of coming alive to a world marked by “the banality and dreariness of the quotidian.” For Aguilar, to speak about this history is not only to witness, but also to come home.

Mindfulness Meditation Confers Mixed Benefits in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

The high prevalence of chronic pain and increasing concerns about risks associated with anti-inflammatory and opioid analgesics have focused attention

Teaching Mind-Body Connection, Meditation, and Yoga to Urban Youth Improves Psychological Functioning

Many urban youth experience toxic stress (the inability to manage or cope with acute and chronic stress) owing to limited educational and economic

I Lay on the Floor: Meditation on a Die-In

I Lay on the Floor: Meditation on a Die-In

Introduction: Theatre and Spectatorship – Meditations on Participation, Agency and Trust

Introduction: Theatre and Spectatorship – Meditations on Participation, Agency and Trust

Meditation on the I Ching, Hexagrams 2 &amp; 43

Meditation on the I Ching, Hexagrams 2 &amp; 43

Meditation at a Reading

Meditation at a Reading

Using Mindfulness Attention Meditation (MAP) with a Mixed Brain injury Population to Enhance Awareness and Improve Emotional Regulation

Using Mindfulness Attention Meditation (MAP) with a Mixed Brain injury Population to Enhance Awareness and Improve Emotional Regulation