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Mindfulness in Motion (MIM): An Onsite Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) for Chronically High Stress Work Environments to Increase Resiliency and Work Engagement
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2015
The Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) protocol offers a pragmatic Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) on-site, for persons working in chronically high-stress work environments that significantly increases resiliency and work engagement. The protocol has proven feasible, beneficial, and is easily adaptable to other high-stress workplaces.
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Heart and Mind Share Metrics
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2024
Understanding how consumers feel and think about a brand is essential for its success. Emotional responses, like the connection a customer feels to a favorite clothing brand, can drive loyalty and long-term engagement. On the other hand, cognitive responses, such as recognizing the specific benefits of a particular insurance policy, help reinforce trust and informed decision-making. For example, awareness measures how many people recognize a brand, such as a new snack brand gaining popularity...
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Using Wavelet Entropy to Demonstrate how Mindfulness Practice Increases Coordination between Irregular Cerebral and Cardiac Activities
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2017
This manuscript describes how to use the wavelet entropy index to analyze high-density electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocardiography (ECG) data. We show that the irregularity of cerebral and cardiac activities became more coordinated during mindfulness-based stress reduction practice.
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Combining Behavior and EEG to Study the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Episodic Memory
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2020
Here we present a protocol for combining mindfulness meditation training, an episodic memory task, and EEG to understand the behavioral and neural effects of mindfulness meditation on episodic memory.
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Effects of Mindfulness Training Combined with Tai Chi in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
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2023
When studying exercise for treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), achieving mind-body exercise is essential. This study proposes a protocol for mindfulness training combined with Tai Chi to achieve mind-body exercise.
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Each return of attention provides an opportunity to recognize distraction and deliberately reorient focus. This repeated cycle is important because the practice does not depend on maintaining uninterrupted concentration. Instead, noticing the shift may strengthen attentional control over time and help practitioners respond to stress with greater deliberation rather than reacting automatically.
A nonjudgmental attitude changes how practitioners relate to thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding experiences. Rather than labeling mental activity as good or bad or trying to eliminate it, they observe it with openness. This stance can increase awareness of emotional and cognitive patterns while reducing the tendency to respond immediately to stressful experiences.
Mindfulness techniques do not require practitioners to stop, control, or push away mental activity. When thoughts arise, the practitioner notices them and may return attention to the chosen focus, such as breathing or bodily sensations. This distinction matters because the method emphasizes awareness of changing experience and deliberate redirection, not the removal of thoughts.
A typical exercise begins by directing attention toward a selected experience, such as breathing, bodily sensations, thoughts, or the surrounding environment. The practitioner then observes what is occurring, notices when attention has shifted, and gently redirects focus. This sequence can be repeated throughout the practice, making the process structured while allowing mental activity to remain present.
Psychologists incorporate these techniques into interventions addressing stress, anxiety, depression, pain, and emotional regulation. Their role is to help individuals develop greater awareness of present experiences and recognize patterns in thoughts, feelings, and responses. The techniques therefore function as part of psychological and behavioral health approaches rather than as a single-purpose exercise limited to one condition.
Research examines how regular practice relates to attentional control, awareness of emotional and cognitive patterns, responses to stress, well-being, and broader psychological functioning. Studies may also consider its use across concerns such as anxiety, depression, pain, and emotional regulation. These outcomes help clarify how mindfulness practice may operate within psychological interventions and behavioral health research.