Search for dissertations about: "meditation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word meditation.

2. 1. Pedagogies of the unknown : studying for a future, without guarantees

   Author : Lisa Nyberg; Anette Baldauf; Renate Lorenz; María do Mar Castro Varela; Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy; Freire; future studies; utopia; unknown; critical consciousness; meditation; guided meditation; imagining otherwise; pedagogik; framtidsstudier; Freire; utopi; anti-fascism; meditation; guidad meditation; Konstnärlig forskning; Artistic research;

   Abstract : Lisa Nyberg's PhD project starts from the question: how can we study for a future unknown? In light of anthropogenic climate change, a global environmental crisis, and its destabilizing impact on social and economic systems, there is an urgency to examine how we relate to the future in our pedagogy; how we anticipate, imagine and prepare through our teaching and our studies. At the basis of this research is a teaching practice; the classroom of aesthetic education at the intersection of study, creative work and the institution. READ MORE

4. 2. Mindfullness and meditation experience in relation to attention performance and psychological well-being among meditators and non-meditators

   Author : Torbjörn Josefsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; Buddism; meditation analysis; meditation; mindfulness; psychological well-being;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this research project was to study mindfulness and its relation to attention and psychological well-being. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the construct of mindfulness and the mental health benefits associated with mindfulness based programmes, the relation between mindfulness and its proposed core component, self-regulation of attention, was studied. READ MORE

5. 3. "Unity pervades all activity as water every wave" : principal teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

   Author : Anders Lindh; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; Transcendental Meditation; TM-Sidhi programme; Meditation; Indian philosophy; Philosophy; Maharishi Effect; Consciousness; Consciousness-Based Education; Bhagavadgītā; Metaphorical language; Veda; Vedic literature; Shankara; Vedanta; Advaita; Yoga;

   Abstract : The major purpose of this thesis is to investigate some essential aspects of the teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) expressed during different periods of time. There is a primary focus on the teachings expressed in Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the didactic poem, Bhagavadgītā, with extensive references to Maharishi’s metaphorical language. READ MORE

6. 4. Effects of Meditation on Respiration and the Temporal Lobes : An Exploratory and Meta-Analytic Study

   Author : Yvonne Petersson Bouin; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Personality; Cognition; Emotions; Deconditioning; Amygdala; Temporal lobes; Carbon dioxide; Meditation; Respiration; Meta-analysis; Theology; Teologi;

   Abstract : Two assertions made by the Eastern meditation traditions were investigated: (a) breath regulation is a prerequisite for attaining altered states of consciousness, (b) meditation leads to changes in cognitive processes and in personality. A deconditioning process was conceptualized involving the temporal lobes and the amygdala. READ MORE

7. 5. Mindfulness : Relations to attention regulation, decentering, and psychological well-being

   Author : Torbjörn Josefsson; Anders Broberg; Harald Walach; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; buddhism; decentering; mediation analysis; meditation; mindfulness; psychological well-being;

   Abstract : The current research project consists of three separate studies. The general aim of this project was to contribute to previous mindfulness research by exploring fundamental aspects of mindfulness in an effort to increase the understanding of mindfulness as a construct as well as its mechanisms. READ MORE