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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"contemplative practice"”.
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The Development of the Scale of Contemplative Practice in Higher Education
… providing a framework for the concept of contemplative practices in an endeavor to support an eclectic understanding of cognition. Contemplative practices may benefit graduate student disposition and inform areas of educator preparation through the use of emotional adeptness in higher …
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The Inheritance of this Moment: An Exploration of Temporality, Subjectivity, and Liberation in Non-Dual Contemplative Practice and Psychotherapy
… conversation around mindfulness, a secularized practice with roots in Buddhist contemplative traditions, has largely unfolded within a dualistic framework in which subject and object are separate from one another as well as from a discrete entity called a moment. While widely appreciated for its …
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An Examination of Chinese Undergraduates’ Contemplativity and Academic Stress
… Western scholars and researchers found contemplative practice (CP) was helpful to reduce students’ educational stress and improve their study performance. However, no literature was found regarding the potential impact of CP on undergraduates in China, nor was any literature discovered …
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Lectio divina.
Lectio Divina is a musical exploration of the contemplative prayer and scripture‐reading practice called "Lectio Divina". The work is written for a chamber ensemble: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion. Each instrument represents an individual that participates in this …
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Spirituality and Leadership: The Role of Spirituality in Leadership Moments
… of spirituality at work by using an adapted contemplative practice specifically designed for this study. </p> <p>This adapted contemplative practice stems from the Ignatian spiritual tradition, the Examen, which I refer to as the <em>Leadership Moments Examen</em>, and is the main …
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The Psychology of Self-Surrender: A Contemplative-Hermeneutic Study
… of applied hermeneutics with autoethnography and contemplative practice. The author conducts an applied hermeneutic analysis of two psycho-spiritual texts; one that is rooted in the Zen Buddhist tradition and the other from the Sufi tradition. This is followed by a thematic analysis that …
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Historicizing the landscape : recovering the aesthetics of the Alhambra
… in 19th century travel literature. Travel was a contemplative practice of decomposing and recomposing the landscape through literature and visual representation. Travelers attempted to recapture and reconstruct a coherent image of the palace complex through the documentation and reconstruction of …
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The Spiritual Pedagogy of the Cloud-author
… author teaches an extreme form of ‘apophatic’ contemplative practice that involves a suspension of the intellectual and cognitive faculties in order to encounter God. The thesis explores the original and surprising ways that the *Cloud*-author reinvents traditional pedagogic techniques to guide …
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Centering Prayer
Centering prayer is a contemplative practice designed to facilitate psychological and spiritual growth and development. It is currently being practiced in Christian communities and faith-based organizations around the world. Despite the widespread appeal and practice of centering prayer, the social …
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Perceptions of Inseparability: A Heuristic Response to Thomas Berry's Call for Connection
… theory, depth psychology, Indigenous wisdom, and contemplative practice. It resulted in a shift in consciousness that strengthened my connections to human and other-than-human inhabitants of the Earth, added depth to my own story, and provided understandings about the inseparability of all life …
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Yogic Agency: The Yoga in Composition and Rhetoric
Eastern practices have an increasing presence in Western locations of human services, such as mental health, hospitals, non-profits, prisons, K-12 education, among others. This trend includes the university and pedagogies of first year writing. The application of Eastern contemplative practice …
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The Impact of Contemplative Practices on Anxiety Level of Middle School Students
… and crippling disorders throughout adulthood. Contemplative practices, or practices aimed to bring a non-judgmental awareness of one’s internal and external experience, are being used across disciplines, professions, and cultures with the intention of relaxation, and bringing oneself to a more …
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The Work of Contemplation Then and Now: The Cloud of Unknowing and Present-Day Christian Mystical Practice
… became an important resource for two Christian contemplative movements that go by the names of “Centering Prayer” and “Christian Meditation.” This dissertation addresses a number of issues related to the appropriation of the medieval Cloud by persons who wish to engage in a present-day form of …
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When You See It: Intersections of Formal and Informal Science Learning
… I investigate the use of silent sketching as a contemplative practice with the new science teachers involved in the MAT induction program. For teachers, contemplation and silence are in short supply in school environments. Natural history museum dioramas lend themselves for looking and …
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Aesthetics of Diagrammatic Contemplation: Abhinavagupta's and Martin Heidegger's Views on Being as Such and How It Can Be Disclosed Through Aesthetic Contemplation
… and nondual awareness as well as guidance for contemplative practice. The means, particularly shaktopaya and shambavopaya , involve awakening and harnessing the power of consciousness itself rather than individual effort. Specifically, instead of exerting force to control and pacify the mind …