Co-designing Magic Machines for Everyday Mindfulness with Practitioners

Li, Jingjin; Kwon, Nayeon; Pham, Huong; Shim, Ryun; Leshed, Gilly

doi:10.1145/3563657.3595976

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“…These technologies offer rich resources particularly for novices, guiding them in specific meditation practices [67]. Previous research also explored the ways in which mindfulness practitioners incorporate various technologies to practice mindfulness and meditation into their daily routines, the benefits and challenges [27,56,59,69], as well as the perspectives of mindfulness practitioners on possibility of future technologies in enhancing mindfulness [25,58].…”

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Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges

Li,

Guo,

Leshed

2024

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Mindfulness practice has many mental and physical well-being benefits. With the increased popularity of live stream technologies and the impact of COVID-19, many people have turned to live stream tools to participate in online meditation sessions. To better understand the practices, challenges, and opportunities in live-stream meditation, we conducted a three-month autoethnographic study, during which two researchers participated in live-stream meditation sessions as the audience. Then we conducted a follow-up semi-structured interview study with 10 experienced live meditation teachers who use different live-stream tools. We found that live meditation, although having a weaker social presence than in-person meditation, facilitates attendees in establishing a practice routine and connecting with other meditators. Teachers use live streams to deliver the meditation practice to the world which also enhances their practice and brand building. We identified the challenges of using live-stream tools for meditation from the perspectives of both audiences and teachers, and provided design recommendations to better utilize live meditation as a resource for mental wellbeing.

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