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The Importance of Researching the Broader Social Benefits of Mindfulness and Compassion Practice
55:00 - 1:06:11 (11:11)
Researchers and practitioners are emphasizing the need to understand the broader social benefits of mindfulness and compassion practices beyond individual benefits, including education policy, policing policy, and health care. Research in these areas will incentivize the integration of mindfulness and compassion practices in different institutions, and further develop best practices to minimize bias.
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The podcast discusses how more institutions are incorporating mindfulness and loving kindness practices to combat bias and the reduction of bias seen in those who practice mindfulness.
55:00 - 1:00:38 (05:38)
Summary
The podcast discusses how more institutions are incorporating mindfulness and loving kindness practices to combat bias and the reduction of bias seen in those who practice mindfulness.
ChapterThe Importance of Researching the Broader Social Benefits of Mindfulness and Compassion Practice
Episode124: Rhonda Magee, Law Professor Using Mindfulness to Defeat Bias
PodcastTen Percent Happier with Dan Harris
The Mind and Life Institute hosts a summer research Institute where PhDs and postdocs with a focus on mindfulness and compassion practice in early stages of their career are brought together for a week, to incentivize the research community to look at mindfulness research with research questions that can support pro-social goals.
1:00:38 - 1:04:26 (03:48)
Summary
The Mind and Life Institute hosts a summer research Institute where PhDs and postdocs with a focus on mindfulness and compassion practice in early stages of their career are brought together for a week, to incentivize the research community to look at mindfulness research with research questions that can support pro-social goals. The current phase of mindfulness research is starting to look at public pro-social goals, but it has not been the motivation of the field.
ChapterThe Importance of Researching the Broader Social Benefits of Mindfulness and Compassion Practice
Episode124: Rhonda Magee, Law Professor Using Mindfulness to Defeat Bias
PodcastTen Percent Happier with Dan Harris
The field of meditation needs to expand to include communities outside of its typical white demographic.
1:04:26 - 1:06:11 (01:45)
Summary
The field of meditation needs to expand to include communities outside of its typical white demographic. Making meditation accessible to non-native English speakers and those in areas where meditation is not typically practiced is crucial for the survival of the practice and the human race as a whole.