Australia; International; VIC
Mindfulness-based meditation programs could lead to altered states of consciousness up to a year later, including feeling that everything is connected, and feeling detached from your body. The Australian and international researchers found that people who went through an 8-week mindfulness-based meditation program were more likely to report feelings of unity (that everything seemed to come together as one), and disembodiment (the feeling of not having a body anymore). They also found evidence of a link between mindfulness practice and feelings of bliss. The researchers say that if these links are confirmed, then people starting mindfulness meditation need to be told about the possibility of these experiences and more work should be done to help meditation teachers anticipate and manage them.
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