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Mindfulness - enrichment of the modern lifestyle?

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Title: Mindfulness - enrichment of the modern lifestyle?
Authors: Hornborg, Anne-Christine
Contributors: Lund University, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Departments, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Affiliated (CTR), Affiliated History of Religions, Lunds universitet, Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Institutioner, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Affilierade (CTR), Affilierad Religionshistoria, Originator, Lund University, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Departments, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, History of Religions and Religious Behavioural Science, Lunds universitet, Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Institutioner, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap, Originator
Source: Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health. 27(2):187-201
Subject Terms: Humanities and the Arts, Philosophy, Ethics and Religion, History of Religions, Humaniora och konst, Filosofi, etik och religion, Religionshistoria, Religious Studies, Religionsvetenskap
Description: This article addresses healing practices performed under the umbrella of mindfulness in order to problematize how mindfulness is presented as a means to enrich a modern lifestyle. The discussion considers mindfulness in a contemporary Swedish context, presenting a range of healing practices. A fundamental question asked is if they represent a religious or spiritual practice or just a technique? The discussion also addresses the discursive strategies used by different entrepreneurs in promoting mindfulness. A concern is if mindfulness has become an individual-centered practice aimed at creating a neoliberal persona able to cope with stress and feelings of insufficient creativity?
Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2024.2337399
Database: SwePub
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Abstract:This article addresses healing practices performed under the umbrella of mindfulness in order to problematize how mindfulness is presented as a means to enrich a modern lifestyle. The discussion considers mindfulness in a contemporary Swedish context, presenting a range of healing practices. A fundamental question asked is if they represent a religious or spiritual practice or just a technique? The discussion also addresses the discursive strategies used by different entrepreneurs in promoting mindfulness. A concern is if mindfulness has become an individual-centered practice aimed at creating a neoliberal persona able to cope with stress and feelings of insufficient creativity?
ISSN:19349645
DOI:10.1080/19349637.2024.2337399