Loving-Kindness Colouring and Loving-Kindness Meditation: Exploring the Effectiveness of Non-Meditative and Meditative Practices on State Mindfulness and Anxiety

Mantzios, Michail; Tariq, Aqsa; Altaf, Momina; Giannou, Kyriaki

doi:10.1080/15401383.2021.1884159

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“…During compassion meditation or loving-kindness meditation, practitioners need to send blessings to themselves, and to others, especially those in trouble (Salzberg, 1995;Ho and Mak, 2016;Condon and Makransky, 2020;Mantzios et al, 2021). This contemplation during the compassion training could prompt more linguistic processing and help the participants to reconceptualize the experience and meaning of the miserable pictures.…”

Section: Effect Of Compassion/wisdom Meditation On Cognitive Changementioning

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The neurophysiology of the intervention strategies of Awareness Training Program on emotion regulation

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Emotion regulation is essential for healthy living. Previous studies have found that mental training such as compassion meditation could help with emotion regulation. However, the underlying neural mechanism and possible intervention strategies of group-based Mahayana Buddhist intervention involved in emotion regulation are still unclear. This event-related potential (ERP) study investigated how compassion and wisdom meditations, two key components of the Awareness Training Program (ATP), may regulate emotion during different mental processing stages, namely attention deployment, cognitive change, and response modification. Eighty-five middle-aged working adults with moderate stress were voluntarily recruited for this study, using a 128-channel electroencephalogram system. After 7 weeks of training, participants (ATP attendance, n = 42; waitlist control, n = 43) were instructed to view negative pictures while practicing compassion or wisdom meditation, with corresponding priming words. Another normal priming condition and a neutral picture condition were set as control conditions. ERP results in the ATP group showed that negative pictures induced greater prefrontal activity (N400 component) in both compassion and wisdom meditation conditions compared with the normal condition, while the control group showed little difference between the conditions. Significantly higher heart rate variability was found in the compassion but not wisdom meditation when compared with the neutral priming condition. Correspondent changes in behavioural data were also found. Converging evidence showed that compassion meditation training could modulate negative emotion processing in stages of attention deployment, cognitive change, and behavioural responses. The prefrontal lobe could play an important role in the process of emotion regulation by compassion meditation, possibly due to the emphasis of the ATP on contemplative practices.

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Section: Effect Of Compassion/wisdom Meditation On Cognitive Changementioning

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The neurophysiology of the intervention strategies of Awareness Training Program on emotion regulation

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“…Ultimately, our interest should be in determining by which mechanisms LKM exerts its effects. For example, Mantzios et al (2021) [53] were able to display that a loving kindness colouring exercise had the same effect as the LKM. This indicates that there may be different modalities in which loving kindness may be generated that do not necessarily differ in their outcomes.…”

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An intervention study examining the effectiveness of loving kindness meditation in reducing depressive symptoms: Compassionate coping as a mediator?

Silhan¹,

Garnefski²

2022

Adv Health Behav

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Aim: We are interested in whether the LKM intervention has the potential to decrease depression and increase self-compassion. Self-compassionate coping was examined as a mediating variable. Methods: A sample of 57 university students underwent a pretest-posttest design. Self-compassion was measured with the Self-Compassion Scale, depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire – 9, and self-compassionate coping was assessed using the Self-Compassionate Coping Measure. Participants completed all measures at both pre and posttest. Between both measurement moments there were 12 days in which participants followed either the LKM or a control exercise daily. Repeated measures ANOVAs and a simple mediation analysis were performed. Results: Over time, both groups decreased in their depression and increased in their self-compassion scores. Assignment to the LKM condition did not result in significantly higher self-compassion scores compared to control. We found a significant effect of LKM for depressive symptoms only when controlling for successfully completed homework exercises. Self-Compassionate coping did not emerge as significant mediator in our statistical analysis. Conclusion: The results indicate a mixed picture regarding the efficacy of LKM in reducing depression and increasing self-compassion. Both conditions were possibly too similar and involved helpful elements. Further research into the antidepressant utility of LKM is warranted to understand the exact mechanisms of action.

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“…The components of MTH meditation have associations with characteristics of mindfulness, compassion and loving-kindness and it is also known as loving-kindness compassion meditation. Loving-kindness meditations (LKM) can enhance the same mindfulness and compassion components similarly (Mantzios et al, 2021). Mindfulness is the active state of cultivating self-control and stillness through engaging in the present moment and being non-judgmental, which encourages open awareness and acceptance (Kang et al, 2009;Karunamuni & Weerasekera, 2019), whereas MTH is aimed at achieving cosmic consciousness or awareness through activating some major chakras.…”

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Nursing Student's Experiences of Meditation on Twin Hearts During Eight Weeks Practice: A Qualitative Content Analysis

Meena¹,

Manasa²,

Vijayakumar³

et al. 2021

SAGE Open Nursing

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Background Meditation on Twin Hearts (MTH) involves blessing the earth to alleviate the sufferings, and praying for the well-being of the entire society using heart and crown chakra. This meditation is characterized by mechanisms of loving-kindness, self-healing imagery, and open awareness. Purpose This study aims to identify the experiences and perceived benefits associated with practicing MTH by nursing students. Method Qualitative method using content analysis was used to study meditation experiences. After obtaining the informed consent, 22 nursing students were introduced to MTH. Experiences and feedback from meditation sessions were reported each day during their 8 week practice. Nursing students also answered seven open-ended questions on the last day of the meditation session. Findings The verbatim descriptions of experiences reported by nursing students were abstracted to elements (17), properties (6), and categories (2). Identified properties are positive experiences, experiences of awareness, energy experiences, tangible outcomes, physiological reactions, and feedback on the study program. Conclusion The experiences narrated by nursing students include positive affective experiences, health benefits, resolution of problem, awareness and energy experiences, and prosocial tendencies. These findings indicate that MTH would enhance the well-being of the nursing students and could be used as a self-care measure.

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Loving-Kindness Colouring and Loving-Kindness Meditation: Exploring the Effectiveness of Non-Meditative and Meditative Practices on State Mindfulness and Anxiety

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

The neurophysiology of the intervention strategies of Awareness Training Program on emotion regulation

The neurophysiology of the intervention strategies of Awareness Training Program on emotion regulation

An intervention study examining the effectiveness of loving kindness meditation in reducing depressive symptoms: Compassionate coping as a mediator?

Nursing Student's Experiences of Meditation on Twin Hearts During Eight Weeks Practice: A Qualitative Content Analysis

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