Last call to mindfulness teachers!!!! We want to understand your views on addressing diversity, inclusion, and social and environmental justice in mindfulness classes. Please complete our survey now: https://t.co/3GC6ctYLQQ  (invite code: CSC).

¿Quieres saber qué son los estudios contemplativos? Echa un vistazo a esta nueva entrevista #INMINDS con Julieta Galante @MSSatUoC en @cienciacog *donde la contemplación y la ciencia se encuentran*! https://t.co/JvtbI3RvBn (1/2)

Would you like to know what contemplative studies are? Check out this new #INMINDS interview with Julieta Galante @MSSatUoC in @cienciacog *where contemplation meets science*! https://t.co/AUQpk4XNBS (1/2)

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Promising evidence for cultivating kindness, humor, hope, perspective & gratitude. Insufficient evidence that cultivating virtues in general improves wellbeing. No trials of interventions that try to cultivate curiosity, perseverance, honesty, judgment, or prudence.

We've just published a huge systematic review on whether psychological interventions that cultivate virtues increase wellbeing:

Our preprint is out! 🧠✨ We surveyed 121 people on depersonalization/derealization (#DPDR)-like states from #meditation vs. other triggers (trauma, stress, cannabis…). TL;DR: similar phenomenology, different appraisal. https://t.co/Q8kneGWCE1 #MeditationResearch 1/5

➡️ Express your interest here: https://t.co/EMG9ucCej7 Quote "CSC" as the invitation code in the screening question. For more info: https://t.co/xDsQf8CbSR

We’re launching a survey to explore how mindfulness meditation teachers are implementing social justice literacy in their classes. If you're a mindfulness teacher who has, or is interested in incorporating social justice elements into your teaching, we’d love to hear from you!

Thread of photos from families in each quartile of income in the world: first photo is from the poorest 25%, last photo is richest 25%. Based on these photos, which income bracket are you in? First up: Toilets

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Julieta Galante @MSSatUoC next week! Mindfulness for All? A Close Look At Its Evidence For Mental Health Promotion on February 26th at 5pm US EST. Register: https://t.co/tUlhoyfEEx

Our Deputy Director, Dr. Julieta Galante, is delivering a lecture at Cheetah House 👉

💡 Our Deputy Director, Dr. Julieta Galante @MSSatUoC shares expert advice in The Age this week on the science of stress. 🧠✨

🧘‍♀️Meditation is often recommended for mental health, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution. The Centre, @ntvandam and @MSSatUoC, recently shared insights with Liam Mannix at The Age about why some people find meditation challenging and what to do instead.

📣 New research alert! Findings from our Centre, @ntvandam, @MSSatUoC and colleagues, has found that unexpected or difficult experiences are the rule rather than the exception among people who meditate🧘. Article link:

Systematic and meta-analytic reviews are supposed to at the top of the evidence hierarchy. But are they? Really interesting perspective, from Holly Else that features Andreas Voldstad, DPhil student in our group @OMC_mindfulness @OxPsychiatry https://t.co/fnOnPoL7iZ

Wonderful to have been part of the X Congresso Internacional de Mindfulness, Brazil ( https://t.co/3f0S7epxmi). Thank you, @DemarzoMarcelo and team! @ContemplateUoM

Thank you @sarzberry from @smh for letting me add nuance when answering the question Can you breathe your way to better wellbeing? https://t.co/chnGmjwvJs @CheetahHouseOrg @ContemplateUoM @the_emergent

I'll be presenting my research to Latinamerican audiences at the upcoming X Congresso Internacional de Mindfulness in Brazil (close to home!)

🎙️ CSC Deputy Director, Dr Julieta Galante, dives deep into conversation about altered states of consciousness from mindfulness with Ted Meissner, host of the video podcast Mindfulness Voyage .