Do contemplative practices make us more moral?

K Berryman, SW Lazar, J Hohwy - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Contemplative practices are a staple of modern life and have historically been intertwined
with morality. However, do these practices in fact improve our morality? The answer remains …

Interventions in everyday life to improve mental health and reduce symptoms of psychiatric disorders.

AE Kazdin - American psychologist, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The high prevalence rates of mental disorders worldwide and the paucity of services
constitute a mental health crisis. The vast majority of people in low-, middle-, and high …

Women's experiences with yoga after a cancer diagnosis: a qualitative meta-synthesis—part I

J Price, S Sharma, J Brunet - Systematic Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Background Qualitative research on women's experiences participating in yoga after a
cancer diagnosis is growing; systematic synthesis and integration of results are necessary to …

Mindfulness meditation according to the Satipatthana Sutta: A single-case study with participants as collaborators

P Sedlmeier, A Beckel, S Conrad, J Husmann… - Mindfulness, 2023 - Springer
Objectives We explored the effects of a mindfulness program based on the satipatthana
sutta (instead of a contemporary Western program), with participants as collaborators, using …

Embodied cognition in meditation, yoga, and ethics—an experimental single-case study on the differential effects of four mind–body treatments

K Matko, P Sedlmeier, HC Bringmann - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Yoga is an embodied contemplative practice considered as a path toward long-term well-
being, which fosters an integrated processing of bodily and emotional stimuli. However, little …

Stress reduction by yoga versus mindfulness training in adults suffering from distress: A three-armed randomized controlled trial including qualitative interviews …

JM Fischer, FI Kandil, CS Kessler, L Nayeri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Distress is a growing public health concern. In this three-armed randomized controlled trial,
n= 102 adults with elevated stress levels and stress-related symptoms were randomly …

Classification of yoga, meditation, combined yoga–meditation EEG signals using L-SVM, KNN, and MLP classifiers

A Rajalakshmi, SS Sridhar - Soft Computing, 2024 - Springer
In this study, we compare the classification accuracy achievable with linear support vector
machine (L-SVM), K-nearest neighbor (KNN), and multilayer perceptron (MLP) methods for …

Meditation‐based lifestyle modification in mild to moderate depression—A randomized controlled trial

HC Bringmann, A Michalsen, M Jeitler… - Depression and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Depression is a global key challenge in mental health care. The implementation of
effective, low‐risk and cost‐effective interventions to reduce its disease burden is a …

Who benefits most? Interactions between personality traits and outcomes of four incremental meditation and yoga treatments

K Matko, A Berghöfer, M Jeitler, P Sedlmeier… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mind–Body Medicine (MBM) includes a broad range of interventions with proven preventive
and clinical value, such as yoga and meditation. However, people differ in their preferences …

A review of the WHO strategy on traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine from the perspective of academic consortia for integrative medicine and health

R Hoenders, R Ghelman, C Portella, S Simmons… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Despite important progress in modern medicine, widely regarded as an indispensable
foundation of healthcare in all highly advanced nations and regions, not all patients respond …