About AMRA
The American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA) was founded in 2013. Our mission is to support empirical and conceptual efforts to: (1) establish an evidence base for the process, practice, and construct of mindfulness; (2) promote best evidence-based standards for the use of mindfulness research and its applications; and (3) facilitate discovery and professional development through grant giving.
AMRA serves as a professional resource to the sciences and humanities, practice communities, and the broader public on mindfulness from the perspective of contemplative practice.
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Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond
by Nancy Bardacke
With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking resea... Read More »
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News
Cost savings of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in cancer care
Posted 06.22.2017 | by AMRA
One in five breast cancer survivors report significant pain that persists years after the conclusion of medical treatment. Persistent post-treatment pain reduces cancer survivors’ quality of life and contributes to […]
Meditation generates compassion for other’s embarrassment
Posted 06.15.2017 | by AMRA
The social pain associated with rejection or embarrassment activates some of the same brain structures that are activated during the experience of physical pain. These brain structures are also activated […]
For online apps, mindfulness outperforms cognitive training
Posted 05.24.2017 | by AMRA
When people aren’t focused on what they’re currently doing, but are instead thinking about the past, or future, or lost in fantasy, they’re said to be “mind wandering.” Psychologists estimate […]
