Cultivating Well-being, Community Cohesion, and Sense of Purpose through African Contemplative Practices by Lucy Draper-Clarke, Caryn Green

“…Exploring Southern African contemplative traditions addresses an important gap in the fields of contemplative science and healing modalities. In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. …”
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Incorporation of opacifier to Type III alpha gypsum and its effect on scannability and linear setting expansion – An in vitro study by Sai Akhil Khadkekar, Mahendranadh Reddy Kareti, Mahadev Shastry Yelishetty, S. Venkata Aditya, Srilekha Daripalli

“…Each group’s scannability was assessed using a Medit lab scanner, and their LSE was measured. Statistical Analysis Used: One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test for multiple comparisons. …”
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Complex spatio-temporal features in meg data by Francesca Sapuppo, Elena Umana, Mattia Frasca, Manuela La Rosa, David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Luigi Fortuna, Maide Bucolo

“…The algorithm implemented hereis applied to whole-head 148 channel MEG data during two highly structuredyogic breathing meditation techniques. Results are presented for the spatiotemporaldistributions of the calculated $d_\infty$ on the MEG channels, and theyare compared for the different phases of the yogic protocol. …”
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Differential Impact of Stress Reduction Programs upon Ambulatory Blood Pressure among African American Adolescents: Influences of Endothelin-1 Gene and Chronic Stress Exposure by Mathew J. Gregoski, Vernon A. Barnes, Martha S. Tingen, Yanbin Dong, Haidong Zhu, Frank A. Treiber

“…Following genotyping, completion of questionnaire battery, and 24-hour ABP monitoring, participants were randomized to health education control (HEC), life skills training (LST), or breathing awareness meditation (BAM). Postintervention ABP was obtained. …”
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Unlocking Female Fertility with a Specific Reproductive Exercise Program: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trail by Barbara Petra Kovács, Júlia Balog, Barbara Sebők, Márton Keszthelyi, Szabolcs Várbíró

“…The 70 min full body “reproductive gymnastics”, includes strengthening, stretching, and relaxation exercises combined with yoga-inspired moves and diaphragmatic breathing with meditation elements to activate the parasympathetic pathway and stress relief. …”
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Mere moral beliefs aren't sufficient to determine pro-social behaviors! A moderated mediation framework tested in healthcare settings based on Belief in Self-Determinism (BSD) Theo... by Muhammad Ali Asadullah, Tabassum Iqbal, Ali Haj Khalifa, Sajid Haider

“…The study also found that the mediating role of moral courage between moral convictions and pro-social rule-breaking differs across different levels of professional experience. Particularly, the meditating role of moral courage between moral convictions and prosocial behaviors reduces with the increase in professional experience. …”
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Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Strategies among Couples for Sustainable Family Survival in Oyo State, Nigeria by Taiwo Adekemi Akinyemi, Olajide Olatunde Adeola, Halimot Omobola Toriola

“…The study shows that 59.9% of respondents practice mindfulness and meditation, while 34.8% seek mental health advice. 21.7% are aware of local mental support services. …”
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Physical activity at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in India: Need of the hour for optimum physical health and psychological resilience by Suraj CHAWLA, Manisha KOCHER

“…In this viewpoint we overview several ways to stay active and reduce sedentary behavior while at home such as short active bre- aks and exercises, breaking up sitting, using online resources for being active, deep breaths, and meditation. Maintaining regular physical activity using the aforementioned measures in a safe home environment is an important strategy for physical health and emotional resilience during the coronavirus crisis.…”
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JEANAS PAULIS SARTRE'AS: "PONO-VERGO" DIALEKTIKA IR SOLIPSIZMO ĮVEIKOS ILGESYS by Jūratė Baranova

“…Why Sartre, starting from Husserl, does not accept the relation between Me and the Other as alter ego explicated in the fifth Cartesian Meditation? Why he turns toward the dialectics of "master-slave" found in the Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Hegel? …”
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In Sight of Mont Blanc: an Approach to Ruskin’s Perception of the Mountain by Laurence Roussillon-Constanty

“…Dans sa biographie, Praeterita, John Ruskin décrit son premier aperçu des Alpes comme "not only the revelation of the beauty of the earth, but the opening of the first page of its volume" (XXXV. 116), établissant d’emblée un lien entre expérience et écriture, appréhension physique et méditation poétique, spectacle naturel et interprétation symbolique. …”
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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: STRENGTHENING THE IMMUNITY BY REENGINEERING AMONG MENTAL HEALTH TANGLES by Priyaranjan Maral, Deepa Punetha, Usha Kiran Subba

“…To achieve good mental health and a strong immunity system, maintaining the homeostasis of mind and body, engagement in close connections, and social support, using low-stressor techniques, nearness to the environment, practicing Yoga and meditation, infusing positivity, and following healthy lifestyles are necessary for people. …”
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Cross-sectional study on the risk of breast cancer and practices among young women in Central India by Arti Tiwari, Maharaj Singh, Bharati Sahu, Shatrughan Pareek

“…Furthermore, approximately 91% did not follow weight management strategies, and 38.4% practiced meditation for stress reduction. Moreover, among the 250 young women surveyed, 218 (87.2%) did not engage in regular physical exercise (at least 3 h/week). …”
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Bilinçli Farkındalık (Mindfulness) ve Perinatal Ruh Sağlığı: Bir Sistematik Derleme by Nevin Hotun Şahin, Özge Şiir Dağlar

“…Literatür taraması için “Mindfulness”, “Meditation”, “Pregnancy”, “Prenatal”, “Perinatal” ve “Postpartum” anahtar kelimeleri kullanılmıştır. …”
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A Hybrid Model for Assessing the Performance of Medical Tourism: Integration of Bayesian BWM and Grey PROMETHEE-AL by Chin-Cheng Yang, Chih-Chien Shen, Tso-Yen Mao, Huai-Wei Lo, Chun-Jui Pai

“…The scope of medical treatments covers dentistry, surgery, antiaging procedures, preventive medicine, and even some health-related treatments (meditation, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, addiction treatment, psychiatry, etc.). …”
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PERCEIVING THE SACRED FEMININE: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CYCLADIC FIGURINES AND JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES by T. V. Danylova

“…These ancient images can be used for introspection, art therapy, active imagination, meditation, mindfulness. Conclusions. The results show that the Cycladic figurines have had a huge impact on the artists of the 20th century and continue to influence our contemporaries due to the emotional response they evoke in the unconscious, which conceals the primordial features of the ancient mind. …”
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Sex differences in the association between repetitive negative thinking and neurofilament light by Yolanda Lau, Amit Bansal, Cassandre Palix, Harriet Demnitz-King, Miranka Wirth, Olga Klimecki, Gael Chetelat, Géraldine Poisnel, Natalie L. Marchant, The Medit-Ageing Research Group

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Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study. by Johny Bozdarov, Brett D M Jones, Madeha Umer, Daniel M Blumberger, Ishrat M Husain

“…MBBT is an instructor-led, manualized, non-contact boxing group-exercise program (delivered in 90 min sessions, twice a week, over 10 weeks) that blends principles of mindfulness, meditation and group therapy. The current study tested the acceptability and feasibility of delivering MBBT to adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).…”
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Furnishing Nature: Textile Materiality and the Victorian Home in Alfred Hayes’s The Vale of Arden and Other Poems (1895) by Stefanie John

“…The article argues that textile ecologies are central to Hayes’s negotiation of relationships between nature and artifice, enabling a distinctive fusion of traditional English pastoral and fin-de-siècle aestheticism. The eco-aesthetic meditations of Hayes’s poetry highlight conceptual links between nature and notions of the dwelling space (‘oikos’), and, at the same time, suggest that material culture, specifically the fin-de-siècle craze for beautiful objects and textures, furnished Victorian nature poetry.…”
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Climatic impacts on mortality in pre-industrial Sweden by T. T. Chen, T. T. Chen, R. Edvinsson, K. Modig, H. W. Linderholm, F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist

“…In historical times, the effect of climate on health and mortality was stronger than today, owing to factors such as poor housing and healthcare, along with the nutrition status that was meditated through climatic impacts on food production. …”
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Yogic Practices as a Complementary Approach to Physical Fitness: An Intervention Study by Tarak Nath Pramanik, Aminur Rahaman, Gopal Chandra Saha, Anupam Roy, Punam Pradhan

“…The experimental group underwent a six-week yogic intervention, including asanas, pranayama, and meditation, conducted daily under the guidance of certified instructors. …”
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