Frontiers in Psychology | |
Transforming adversity into an ally: A qualitative study of “feeding your demons” meditation | |
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Eve Ekman1  Christopher J. Koenig2  Jennifer Daubenmier3  Kate Greer Dickson4  Vanessa Simmons5  Amy Braun6  Philippe Goldin7  | |
[1] Greater Good Science Center, University of California;Department of Communication Studies, San Francisco State University;Institute for Holistic Health Studies, San Francisco State University;Pacifica Graduate Institute;San Francisco School of Nursing, University of California;Stanford OBGYN, Winn Lab;Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, University of California | |
关键词: MEDI; visualization; Vajra; self-compassion; emotion; Qualitaive analysis; RCT - randomized controlled trial; computational linguisitics; imagery; | |
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.806500 | |
学科分类:社会科学、人文和艺术(综合) | |
来源: Frontiers | |
【 摘 要 】
Contemplative science has made great strides in empirically investigating meditation practices, including how mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and mantra practices impact mental states, health, and well-being. However, other types of meditation practice that use imagery to transform distressing beliefs and emotions have been little explored. Using qualitative data analytic methods, we examined diary entries to two questions probing the effects of the Feeding Your Demons (FYD) meditation process, a secular adaptation of the traditional Tibetan Vajrayana meditation practice of Chöd (“Severance”). Written diary entries were collected immediately after each FYD meditation session during a randomized controlled study in which meditation practitioners were randomly assigned to either one month (up to 15 meditation sessions) of FYD practice or a waitlist (WL) control group. We used an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis based approach to examine participant written responses to each question. Overall, participants reported a change in perspective related to increased empathy, specifically, the transformation of challenging emotions and experiences (which they typically perceived as "enemies" and “personal faults”) into personal insights, self-compassion, and acceptance.
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