The Baton Rouge Chapter of the American Holistic Nurses Association

Join the Baton Rouge Chapter of the American Holistic Nurses Association on October 12 at 8 pm CST on Zoom where we will be discussing using mindfulness to improve attention and focus.

Email [email protected] for details or drop a comment below!

How do you define meditation?

Cambridge Dictionary defines meditation as “the act of giving your attention to only one thing, either as a religious activity or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed”. But as Bhuvanesh Awasthi from Macquarie University’s Department of Cognitive Science points out, there is a struggle for a true universal definition due to lack of understanding of the many types and uses of meditation.

There are many types of meditation, with the three primary types being: meditation for relaxation, meditation for mindfulness, and meditation for attention.

The article below outlines some struggles the science community faces with or fails to address when trying to develop a unified definition:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00613/full

Based off your experience with meditation and the article above, try to define what meditation means to you on a personal level and how it can benefit your life and practice.

Image obtained from: mindful.org

Issues and Perspectives in Meditation Research: In Search for a Definition Despite the growing interest in the neurobiological correlates of meditation, most research has omitted to take into account the underlying philosophical aspects of meditation and its wider implications. This, in turn, is reflected in issues surrounding definition, study design, and outcomes. Here,....