A study of experiences and effects of sustained mindfulness practitioners in doing mindfulness practices

• Main Authors: SHIH,JIUN-TENG, 施竣騰
• Other Authors: LEE,SU-FEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7s2kp5

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 心理輔導學系 === 105 === This study aimed to investigate experiences and effects of sustained mindfulness practitioners in doing mindfulness practices. Phenomenon methodology is adapted in this research. In-depth interview of qualitative research method is employed. 6 sustained mindfulness practitioners were invited through purposive sampling. The data were analyzed by the applying phenomenon-oriented methodology to the interview transcripts total of 12 hours. This study revealed the following results: I. Experiences in sustained mindfulness practice includes: 1. Mindfulness practice experiences: (1) Experiences in Mindfulness meditation and breathing exercises, including 2 common experiences: "emotional stability" and "focus at the present moment"; and 8 unique experiences.(2) Experiences in Body scan exercise, including 5 common experiences: "focus on physical sensations", "difficult to stay full conscious during the body scan process", "help to sleep", "relaxation" and "different situations and poses can do body scan"; and 5 unique experiences.(3) Experiences in choiceless awareness practice, including 11 unique experiences: "Can get settled in discomfort environment ", "ease pain", "sincere awareness", "truthfully sees the situation of others", "better understand the meaning of others’ behavior", "as if the third party’s point of view", "trust the feeling at present moment", "expanded awareness", "escape classified method of framework", and "clearly notice the needs of oneself".(4) Experiences in mindfulness eating practice, including 1 common experience: "mindfulness eating for the care of body"; and 4 unique experiences.(5) Experiences in mindfulness Yoga practice, including 2 common experiences: "relaxation" and "feel the unity of body, mind and soul,"; and 4 unique experiences.(6) Experiences in walking mindfulness practice, including 1 common experience: "can be practiced in variety situations"; and 4 unique experiences.(7) Experiences in mindful metta practice, including 1 unique experience: "internalization of compassion". 2. Non-specific mindfulness practice experiences includes: (1) Experiences in emotional aspects, including 7 common experiences: "awareness to the rising of emotions", "inquiry the reasons of emotions", "stay with emotions", "feel the ease of emotions", "feel the body sensations with emotions", "extend attention to body sensations or breathing", and "palliation of emotional reactions", and 2 unique experiences.(2) Experiences in cognitive aspects, including 2 common experiences: has "expand attention to breath or bodily sensations" and "observe the rising and perish of thoughts,"; and 4 unique experiences.(3) Experiences in encountering death, including 2 common experiences: "sincerely experience the process of the perish of life", and "contact sadness and regret,"; and 2 unique experiences.(4) In the attitudes and understandings of mindfulness practices, there includes 1 common experience: "mindfulness is part of life", and 7 unique experiences. II. Effects in sustained mindfulness practices includes: 1. Effects in self aspects, including 10 common effects: "self-acceptance", "self-trust", "self-care", "self-regulation", and "present oriented consciousness", "clarity", "deepening awareness", "promotion of the ability to attention", "let go of self-criticism" and "non-attachment"; and 7 unique effects. 2. Effects in the interpersonal aspects, including 3 common effects: "acceptance to others", "patience with others", and "sincere feel the others"; and 8 unique effects. 3. Effects in the family relations aspects, including 5 unique effects: "unemotional communication", "appreciations to family members", "affirmative to family members", "feel the affection of family members", "put down the perfect require of family members". 4. Effects in workplace aspects, including 10 unique effects: "work with beginner's mind", "accept things to occurred", "present orientation in work", "take care the needs of oneself", "reduce emotional reactions", and "thinking the way not to regret", "has the clarity in work ", "efficiency", "reduced pressure", and "non-attachment". 5.Effects in the aspects of partner relationship, including 2 unique effects: "sober companionship" and "patience in the companionship". 6. Effects in other aspects, including 2 common effects: "open hearted" and "changing the habitual responses,"; and 4 unique effects. Key words: mindfulness, mindfulness practice, sustained mindfulness practioner