Church Dawson, Stapleton Peta, Gosatti Donna, O'Keefe Tom
National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, Fulton, CA, United States.
School of Psychology, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2022 Nov 15;13:907846. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907846. eCollection 2022.
A plethora of literature has delineated the therapeutic benefits of meditation practice on psychological functioning. A novel meditative practice, EcoMeditation, includes elements of four evidence-based techniques: The Quick Coherence Technique for regulating heart rate variability (HRV), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), mindfulness, and neurofeedback.
Changes in psychological symptoms, including anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, pain, and happiness were measured following a one-day virtual EcoMeditation training workshop. The current study extended on previous literature by adding measures of transcendent experiences and flow states.
Participants were drawn from a convenience sample of 151 participants (130 female, 21 male) aged between 26 to 71 years ( = 45.1, = 9.19) attending a one-day virtual EcoMeditation workshop. They were assessed pre-workshop, post-workshop, and at 3-months follow-up.
Post-workshop results ( = 111) indicated a significant reduction in anxiety (-42.3%, < 0.001), depression (-37.5%, < 0.001), posttraumatic stress (-13.0%, < 0.001), and pain (-63.2%, < 0.001) Likert mean scores when compared to pre-workshop. There was also a significant increase in happiness (+111.1%, < 0.001), flow states (+17.4%, < 0.001), and transcendent experiences (+18.5%, < 0.001). At 3-months follow-up, a one-way repeated measures ANOVA ( = 72) found significant decreases in anxiety, depression, and pain symptoms between pre-test and post-test, as well between pre-test and follow-up. Flow, happiness, and transcendent experiences increased significantly between pre-test and post-test, as well as between pre-test and follow-up, with over 71% of participants experiencing clinically significant improvements. Significant reductions in posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms between pre-test and follow-up were also noted.
EcoMeditation is associated with significant improvements in psychological conditions such as anxiety, depression, pain, and posttraumatic stress. EcoMeditation was also shown to enhance flow states and transcendent experiences. The benefits identified were similar to those found in the existing literature and provide support for the use of EcoMeditation as an effective stress reduction method that improves psychological symptoms and enhances transcendent states.
大量文献阐述了冥想练习对心理功能的治疗益处。一种新颖的冥想练习——生态冥想，包含了四种循证技术的元素：用于调节心率变异性（HRV）的快速连贯技术、情绪释放技术（EFT）、正念和神经反馈。
在参加为期一天的虚拟生态冥想训练工作坊后，测量包括焦虑、抑郁、创伤后应激、疼痛和幸福感在内的心理症状的变化。本研究通过增加对超越体验和心流状态的测量，对先前的文献进行了扩展。
参与者来自151名年龄在26至71岁之间（平均年龄=45.1岁，标准差=9.19）的便利样本，他们参加了为期一天的虚拟生态冥想工作坊。在工作坊前、工作坊后和3个月随访时对他们进行评估。
工作坊后的结果（n=111）表明，与工作坊前相比，焦虑（-42.3%，p<0.001）、抑郁（-37.5%，p<0.001）、创伤后应激（-13.0%，p<0.001）和疼痛（-63.2%，p<0.001）的李克特平均得分显著降低。幸福感（+111.1%，p<0.001）、心流状态（+17.4%，p<0.001）和超越体验（+18.5%，p<0.001）也显著增加。在3个月随访时，一项单因素重复测量方差分析（n=72）发现，在测试前和测试后之间，以及测试前和随访之间，焦虑、抑郁和疼痛症状显著降低。心流、幸福感和超越体验在测试前和测试后之间以及测试前和随访之间显著增加，超过71%的参与者经历了临床上的显著改善。在测试前和随访之间，创伤后应激和抑郁症状也显著降低。
生态冥想与焦虑、抑郁、疼痛和创伤后应激等心理状况的显著改善相关。生态冥想还被证明能增强心流状态和超越体验。所确定的益处与现有文献中发现的益处相似，并为将生态冥想作为一种有效的减压方法提供了支持，这种方法可以改善心理症状并增强超越状态。
