Before-and-after study100 retreat participants in North AmericaCautions: Self-selected participants · Self-report only · No later follow-up
Meditation research
Separates attention trained alone from attention shared with a partner, and keeps the most careful record of what can go wrong in practice.
8 works from this field, lit on the map
Moves it sheds light on
Our reading. None of these fields tests a move inside a circle.
Trains steady attention to what the body is feeling, and measures what that training changes.
Mindfulness practice notices experience without trying to change it.
Contemplative dyads carry that attention into partner practice and track closeness.
In the catalogue
- Insight Dialogue: Investigation of a Relational Meditation Practice
- Effects of Contemplative Dyads on Engagement and Perceived Social Connectedness Over 9 Months of Mental Training: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Randomised trial362 adults randomised; 226 analysedCautions: Studied by its developers · No later follow-up
- When work becomes meditation: how managers use work as a tool for personal growth
Qualitative studySeven CEOs and owners of small and medium-sized companiesCautions: Self-selected participants
- Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation‐based therapies: a systematic review
Review83 studies reviewed
- Mindfulness-based interventions in context: A case study of managers’ experiences and the role of the organizational environment
Qualitative studyManagers at a medium-sized Scandinavian company
- Boosting Empathy and Compassion Through Mindfulness-Based and Socioemotional Dyadic Practice: Randomized Controlled Trial With App-Delivered Trainings
Randomised trial218 participants analysed; 285 registeredCautions: Same study as another entry · Studied by its developers · Commercial interest · No later follow-up
- Reducing Loneliness through the Power of Practicing Together: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online Dyadic Socio-Emotional vs. Mindfulness-Based Training
Randomised trial253 adultsCautions: Studied by its developers · Commercial interest · Same study as another entry · Self-report only · No later follow-up
- Synchronous Smiles and Hearts: Dyadic Meditations Enhance Closeness and Prosocial Behavior in Virtual and In-Person Settings
Experiment55 people in 100 dyads online; 98 people in 238 pairings in personCautions: No later follow-up