Mindfulness and spirituality: therapeutic perspectives. (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lazaridou, Asimina; Pentaris, Panagiotis
• Is Part Of: Person-centered & experiential psychotherapies. Volume 15:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 235
• Page End: 244
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Spirituality -- mindfulness -- embodiment -- religion -- body awareness; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Experiential psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Client-centered psychotherapy -- Periodicals; 616.8914
• DOI: 10.1080/14779757.2016.1180634
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9757

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Social aspects that relate to beliefs and spirituality are subjects of the soul and mind, material to be studied out of the materialistic world. They transcend the body and nest in the experiences of the soul. Nonetheless, taught by mindfulness, a practice that stems from eastern spirituality the religious and/or the spiritual are experiences lived through the body. We conducted a pilot cross-sectional study to test the hypothesis that mindfulness correlates with spiritual beliefs. The results provide insight on the potential impact of mindfulness interventions in patients that value spirituality and metacognitive beliefs in the psychotherapeutic process. These preliminary findings provide a potential insight into the possible mechanisms underlying the application of mindfulness in psychotherapy.