Description: Research project "The Dark Side of Meditation" by Christine Kupfer Research on the effects of meditation and mindfulness on mental health, from retraumtization to psychosis
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The project “The Dark Side of Meditation” aims to understand the risks and side effects of contemplative techniques from a variety of traditions and also looks at if and how they can be overcome.
Meditation is a powerful tool to change the way we think, feel and act. It has the potential to bring peace to those who are stressed, to centre meditators in the here and now, to help practitioners to become kinder to themselves and others and even to help prevent recurring depression and anxiety. The research and discussions about the dark sides of meditation do not aim to diminish any of these positive possibilities. However, there has not yet been enough discussion and research about the difficult and c