Monitoring Emotion Through Body Sensation: A Review of Awareness in Goenka's Vipassana

Awareness is one of the two most important abilities cultivated in Goenka's Vipassana meditation, which refers to sensitivity to subtle bodily sensations and the associated psychological processes. This sensitivity and its derived function of monitoring emotion are not of notable concern in mod...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of religion and health
VerfasserInnen: Zeng, Xianglong (VerfasserIn) ; Liu, Xiangping (VerfasserIn) ; Oei, Tian P. S. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2014]
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2014, Band: 53, Heft: 6, Seiten: 1693-1705
weitere Schlagwörter:B Goenka's Vipassana
B Awareness
B Embodied emotion
B Mindfulness
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Zusammenfassung:Awareness is one of the two most important abilities cultivated in Goenka's Vipassana meditation, which refers to sensitivity to subtle bodily sensations and the associated psychological processes. This sensitivity and its derived function of monitoring emotion are not of notable concern in modern mindfulness-based psychotherapies. Evidence supports that Vipassana meditation truly enhances sensitivity to bodily sensations, but further study is required to assess the awareness of psychological processes. The value of monitoring mental processing has been widely accepted in psychology, as has enhanced sensitivity along with the potential dangers to mental health. Implications for practice and future studies are discussed.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9754-6