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This source helps provide an idea of how mindfulness will play a role in our healthcare today and the future. I want to use this source for that specific reason and to show its role in my own chosen profession of a physician. The article discusses many costs saving measures when mindfulness is applied and there is a potential of billions to be saved.

Previously discussed was a study centered on professionals using yoga as a technique for improving relationships with their patients, but this study emphasizes the importance of having compassion for yourself. In Newsome et. al (2012) study, thirty-one college students about to enter helping professions, including counseling, nursing, teaching, etc., attended a 6 week long mindfulness group which included mindful yoga. This research showed that after 6 weeks, the students' perceived stress levels had decreased and their mindfulness and self-compassion significantly increased. After the intervention, participants' feelings and thoughts pertaining to the impact of mindful yoga were recorded. One student claimed, "I am beginning to have more

Participants in this MBSR-based program reported improvements in their mindfulness skills, with effect sizes larger than those found in previous studies using the same measure with professionals in training [28-31] and larger than those reported in studies using other mindfulness scales with healthcare professionals [32-34]. Participants also

Mindfulness has slowly crept into modern day America and has become commonly thought as unattached from its Buddhist origin. In order to attract customers and adherents, writers and teachers of mindfulness separated it from Buddhism. Secular practitioners still benefit from mindfulness, not as a religious meditative ritual, but as a concentration and thinking technique that can improve their wellbeing and efficiency. Even if mindfulness is used as an improved thinking tool and health practice, it remains linked to the Buddhist religion and ideals, and a clear ignorance of that relationship is wrong no matter the benefits. The appropriation of mindfulness into secular America also definitely waters down core Buddhist principles such as the

The bulk of literature examining the effectiveness of mindfulness consists of qualitative studies. Of those studies, the focus has been on how effective mindfulness interventions and therapies are for clients and not so much regarding mindfulness practices of clinicians and its implications.

Mindfulness meditation can help clinicians in training become better therapist regardless of the therapeutic approach they use. In a study conducted in Germany both patients and psychotherapist in training participated in Zen meditation. The course that was offered included motionless sitting in the lotus position or half lotus position on a mediation pillow. The Zen training was directed meditation focusing on the breath and in part in silence without assistance (Grepmai, Mitterlehner, Lowe and Nickel, 2007). The patients were treated with a variety of skills and techniques from varying orientations such as individual therapy, gestalt therapy, art and music group therapy, indicative group therapy, sports therapy, kinesiotherapy and physical therapy to name a few.

The federal, state, and local health department all have goals that come under a national mission that reflects a system that offers an existence, residential and in the workplace that promotes and endures safety and an ideal health status. To do this a regular temperature must be taken, in the form of a needs assessment as well as demography of the target population(s). Like a target population, that can be diverse, is the idea of intersectoral practice which brings a variety of organizations to participate in achieving their shared goals. As our populations are changing, so is the need for more health education programs,

The principle goal of this study is to assess the feasibility of recruitment and adherence to an evidence-based, eight-session meditation program based on Dr. Lynn Waelde’s Inner Resources for Stress Relief for a community health clinic for adults with chronic pain, and to develop initial estimates of treatment effects of measures of pain and physical functioning.

Beginning with the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn and the practice of mindfulness-based-stress-reduction (MBSR), which explored the use of mindfulness meditation in treating patients with chronic pain (Keng, Smoski, & Robins, 2011), a growing body of research concerning the cognitive-behavioural tradition emerged. Within this tradition it was assumed that cognition plays a vital role in determining behaviour (Huss & Baer, 2007), therefore, by drawing on the two components of mindfulness put forth by Bishop et al (2004), clinicians established that the development of mindfulness skills, such as focussed breathing (which cultivates the state of mindfulness), can lead to; increased self-awareness and self-acceptance; reduced reactivity to thoughts and emotions; and improved ability to cope with problematic situations (Linehan, 1993). In addition to this, research revealed that those who undergo mindfulness training also experience improved ability to sustain attention in the present moment (Marks, 2008).

Mindfulness is a concept that emerged thousands of years ago within Buddhist mediation practices, but only recently has become popular as a meditative technique (Roberts & Danoff-Burg, 2010). Mindfulness can be defined as, “a way of paying attention, moment-to-moment and a non-judgmental awareness focusing on the experiences of the present moment” (Roberts & Danoff-Burg, 2010, p.165). The Eastern world suggests mindfulness can be attained through regular practices of meditation, and by embracing our thoughts, emotions and body sensations (Roberts & Danoff-Burg, 2010). In the general population today, any individual can practice mindfulness with little to no experience of meditation. Multiple studies have found greater mindfulness to be associated with perceptions of better physical and psychological health (Berndt, 2002; Harlow, 1983; Carmody & Baer, 2008; Chang et al., 2011;

Additionally, measures are evaluated on a participant’s perception of mindfulness practice, making it difficult to interpret the data or criteria used to interpret the data (Malcoun, 2008). Furthermore, the data may be influenced by emotions of the participants. However, it is a quick and easy way to administer and is a relatively inexpensive method of collecting

I found this article very interesting as it talks about the benefits of meditation and how great it affects our brain as well as how much it required to gain its maximum benefit. It also discusses how mindfulness-based medications could aid in treating various conditions such as depression, stress, anxiety and chronic pain.

The mind-body disciplines like yoga, relaxation therapy, meditation, are now widely known and recommended, including by physicians, for their beneficial effects on stress, anxiety, and emotional management in general.

Medication and surgical treatment can go from a five-dollar box of Advil at CVS to a ten-thousand-dollar heart surgery at your nearest hospital. But what if there was a way to lower your chances for little to no cost; would you try it? Well, just for your knowledge, there is an answer out there and the name is meditation. Meditation has changed the lives of many individuals ranging in different disorders. This article will review the interview conducted with Transcendental Meditation teachers of Nancy and Thomas, which occurred on February 29, 2016. The interview was located at their house located on 920 Imperial Drive Mohnton, PA 19540 where they also conduct their teaching. The overall goal of this paper is to demonstrate that meditation offers multiple benefits as an alternative treatment to those who suffer from mental disorders.

Research proves that meditation can be clinically effective for various conditions. A study by Delgado-Pastor et. al. (2013) enlisted ten Vipassana meditators to undergo two sessions, one in which they meditated and another in which they rested without meditating. The study found that meditation allowed for greater awareness of both present experience and autonomic regulation. Awareness of oneself in this sense, the authors suggest, can assist in reduction of clinical symptoms, which share similar psychological and physiological mechanisms. Thus, further research may find clinical benefits in the therapeutic use of meditative techniques (Delgado-Pastor et. al., 2013). Another study looked at the benefits of meditation for female breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy (Kim et. al., 2013). Specifically, the investigators were studying how meditation assisted symptoms related to the women’s anxiety, depression, fatigue, and overall quality of life. The study compared 102 women, some of who were randomly selected to partake in 12 meditation therapy sessions (in addition to the radiation therapy) for 6 months. Another group attended only radiation therapy. Results showed that the women who participated in meditation therapy had significantly reduced levels of anxiety and fatigue, as well as an overall