Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-145).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 1990. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-203).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-145).

The diploma project will deal with the extension of the Zen centre located in the small village of Vrážné. In general, in this landscape around the town of Jevíčko, the number of residents in these small villages and settlements is declining and the picturesque, but over time decaying farms with residential and farm buildings remain. One of the hopes of bringing life back to this gradually declining village structure is in this particular case the Zen school of Kwan Um, which bought one of these properties and began to repair it slowly. Zen meditation itself comes from East Asia, namely from the South Korea. How to transform this tradition into a rural environment, how to support the community of this school and find harmony with the whole village and local traditions? These are the questions which the diploma project will address.

En kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie i form av en digital enkätundersökning har genomförts med syftet att undersöka en eventuell skillnad i självskattad tacksamhet mellan personer som mediterar och personer som inte mediterar. Tacksamhet kan beskrivas som uppskattning och en känsla av tacksamhet i vardagen, såväl som en tacksam respons på en händelse som uppfattas som välgörande (Bartholomew et al., 2022). Tacksamhet har en positiv korrelation med mindfulness, och eftersom meditation är ett sätt att träna på mindfulness, bedömdes det som intressant att se på förbindelsen mellan självskattad tacksamhet bland personer som mediterar, i jämförelse med personer som inte mediterar. Eftersom tacksamhet och mindfulness är kopplade till en högre livskvalitet och bättre välmående, ansågs det som relevant att undersöka om och hur det är möjligt att öka förmågan för medveten närvaro och därmed för att lägga märke till upplevelser av tacksamhet. Instrumentet som användes var The Grateful Questionnaire (GQ-6), som mäter dispositionell tacksamhet (McCullough et al., 2002). Studien inkluderade 277 respondenter som rekryterades via olika grupper i sociala medier. Data analyserades i SPSS och hypotesprövning utfördes med ett oberoende t-test. Resultatet visade att det finns en signifikant skillnad mellan personer som mediterar och personer som inte mediterar med avseende på självskattad tacksamhet, där personer som mediterar skattade högre för tacksamhet. Det konkluderas med att det kan ha en nytta att framtida forskning fortsätter undersöka hur meditation och mindfulness kan öka människors livskvalitet.

Using qualitative methodology, the authors explored the experiences of 8 clients who received a 5-minute mindfulness meditation (MM) as implemented by 6 counseling students during a counseling session. Themes that emerged included (a) variations in individual experiences; (b) mental, physical, and emotional components of the experience; (c) perceptions of MM; (d) preferences for MM; and (e) implications for continued practice of MM.

Occupational burnout related to stress in the workplace is frequently experienced by nurses who are regularly confronted with trauma, suffering, and high workloads. Burnout can negatively impact patient care and have detrimental effects on nurse’s physical and mental health. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programs have been researched as a potential intervention for reducing stress and burnout through cultivating present awareness, emotional regulation, and positive thinking. A literature review was performed to explore the current knowledge on the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation related to stress and burnout in nurses and to provide recommendations for future research on this topic. Findings reveal strong evidence that mindfulness meditation is effective in decreasing stress and burnout in nurses. Mindfulness based interventions have been shown to significantly decrease stress, improve all aspects of burnout, and increase self-compassion and compassion satisfaction. Mindfulness meditation has the potential to prevent stress and burnout in nurses by decreasing self-judgement and over-identification with experience, and by increasing resiliency, compassion, and emotional regulation.

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In this bachelor’s thesis I have focused on the question why people who live in secular societies use insight or vipassana meditation. The study is based on the rational choice theory developed by Rodney Stark. I have used an inductive qualitative method including e-mail interviews with practitioners of vipassana meditation. The study has shown why some people start the practice and how people’s expectations of vipassana meditation can differ in what they wanted from their practice. The study showed that practitioners and the society that surrounds them influenced each other. The study highlighted the way vipassana meditation was practiced on a secular basis.