12:34 p.m.
I am also thinking of trying out for Martial Arts the mindfulness methods of the Dutch
extreme athlete- The Iceman- Wim Hoff - combines deep meditation and cold therapy (have to
be creative here in Texas on that one…)
Just in case anyone wants to try it out with me….:). Always nice to suffer with someone
else…
https://www.wimhofmethod.com/iceman-wim-hof
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Subject: [Project.leer] Re: mindfulness a culturally appropriate practice?
I forgot- also it is very much similar to the movement in the US for those of you who like
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Transcendentalism would be the American
specific version perhaps of mindfulness in the mid 1800s-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendentalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Thought
William James is the father of modern psychology:
Psychologist and philosopher William
James<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James> labelled New Thought "the
religion of healthy-mindedness" in his study on religion and science, The Varieties
of Religious
Experience<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Varieties_of_Religious_Ex...
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Subject: [Project.diverse] mindfulness a culturally appropriate practice?
So here is a cultural question for all of you- Is mindfulness a culturally
appropriate/responsive practice? There is some evidence for it as being effective- but
that is different question than cultural relevance- It comes from Buddhist practices
originally- a bit like Yoga comes from India- but now is integrated in all kinds of
different ways in education and psychology (e.g., mindfulness-based positive behavior
support?). I am not sure it has much roots in African or Hispanic cultures…and perhaps on
the Catholic side there is spiritual exercises that are very similar to mindfulness...and
the Greek stoics practiced something similar I believe. Psychology certainly westernizes
and decontextualizes it as a practice…
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Ps- the study is actually pretty cool though for those of you into group research.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga