Vipassana meditation: One woman's narrative

Riet, Pamela van der

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2010.10.002

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“…Meditation is the method of body and mind training for promoting relaxation, improving focus attention, and concentration. 1,2 Previous studies demonstrate various benefits of meditation practice on body and mind, such as; reduced anxiety and stress, [3][4][5] improve emotional stability, 6 improve concentration and enhance personal well-being, 7 and produce long-term increases in efficiency of the attentional network. 8 Moreover, the clinical effectiveness of meditation has been reported for the treatment of various physical and mental illnesses.…”

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Long-Term Vipassana Meditation Enhances Executive Function in Adult Meditators

Lukseng

2020

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Objective: Vipassana meditation (VM) is a traditional Buddhist meditation practice that focuses on monitoring of clear awareness of oneself exactly what is happening as it happens, without judging. Executive functions (EF) are the high-level cognitive processes that facilitate goal-directed behaviors. It is well known that VM has significant effects on various affective states of the mind, such as relaxation, reduce stress and anxiety; however, less is known about the effect of VM on the executive function. This study aims to examine the effects of VM practice on the performance of the executive function in the adult meditators. Methods: Forty adult participants, age range between 25-50 year-olds, were recruited to this study. They were divided into three groups; the control group (N=20, mean age = 40.5 ± 5.8 years), Short-term VM group (N=6, mean age = 38.0±9.1 years), and Long-term VM group (N=14, mean age = 37.7±7.3 years). All participants were examined by 1) State-trait anxiety inventory (STAI); 2) Philadelphia mindfulness scale (PHLMS); 3) Digit span task of WAIS-IV, 4) Tower of Hanoi (ToH), and 5) Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST-CV4). The mean scores of all task performance were statistically analyzed and compared between groups. Alpha values of .05 were considered significant throughout. Results: Both short-term and long-term VM has common benefits to decreased anxiety and increased mindfulness score as compared with the non-meditator group. Although short-term VM shows some benefits to the performance of several EF tasks, the discrepancy was not significant when compared with the control group. In contrast, longterm VM had a significant benefit to the performance of working memory, planning, and shift/cognitive flexibility, when compared with the non-meditator group. Our results indicated that long-term VM practice not only reduces anxiety and improves mindfulness, but the benefit also extends to improve the performance of the executive function in adult practitioners. Conclusion:In conclusion, our results suggest that continued practice of VM is highly effective for enhancing EF in healthy individuals. Long-term VM practice not only reduce stress and improve mindfulness but also enhance the performance of EF tasks of the practitioners.

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Long-Term Vipassana Meditation Enhances Executive Function in Adult Meditators

Lukseng

2020

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“…Every Friday, a company in Thailand organizes for its clients and staff members a sermon by a Buddhist monk followed by a vipassana meditation (VM) period, believing that attendance at the sessions will have positive effects on the attendees and enhance their job performance (CP All, 2014). VM is a meditation method that involves mindfulness and equanimity (Young, 1994), where the practitioners focus their attention to their breathing or foot movement while letting go of the discomfort and thoughts that occur (van der Riet, 2011). It has been shown to be related to positive effects on its practitioners.…”

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Peace of Mind and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Ariyabuddhiphongs

Pratchawittayagorn

2014

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

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A Thai company organizes a weekly sermon and meditation session for its clients and members. We hypothesized that vipassana meditation's positive effects in work would be manifested in peace of mind, loving kindness, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), that peace of mind would predict OCB, and that loving kindness would mediate the relationship of peace of mind to OCB. Peace of mind is operationally defined as the experience of inner peace and harmony; loving kindness as the thoughts, words, and acts of kindness extended to all creatures; and OCB as individual behavior that involves courtesy, civic virtue, sportsmanship, conscientiousness, and altruism. We conducted a study among 147 vipassana meditation participants; the results supported the hypotheses. Participants’ peace of mind predicted OCB and loving kindness significantly mediated the peace of mind-OCB relationship. The beneficial effects of vipassana meditation suggest its adoption by organizations to foster efficient functioning.

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Awakening to the other: Reflections on developing intercultural competence through an undergraduate study tour

Stone

Francis

Riet

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Nursing & Health Sciences

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For the past 4 years, undergraduate students from the Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, have undertaken a two week cultural study tour in Thailand, being exposed to a broad range of cultural interactions, health settings in rural and remote areas, and health-treatment approaches, including traditional and complementary therapies. Student evaluations and reflections were collected after the 2010 and 2011 study tours. This paper reports on findings following thematic analysis of the data, which identified central themes, including connectivity to others, "awakenings", "embodiment", and looking to the future. Findings included a recognition by students of a growth in awareness and change in perspective, which they felt would impact on their future approach in caring for patients from culturally-and linguistically-diverse backgrounds. We conclude that the study tour provided an effective way of sensitizing students to cultural differences and promoting cross-cultural awareness.

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Vipassana meditation: One woman's narrative

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Long-Term Vipassana Meditation Enhances Executive Function in Adult Meditators

Long-Term Vipassana Meditation Enhances Executive Function in Adult Meditators

Peace of Mind and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Awakening to the other: Reflections on developing intercultural competence through an undergraduate study tour

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