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Mindfulness is frequently equated with focused attention meditation, with researchers like Kabat-Zinn and others referring to it as 'mindfulness meditation' [1]. Furthermore, the S-ART framework utilizes focused attention as a mechanism to facilitate mindfulness [2], and scholars like Lutz et al. argue that mindfulness is specifically cultivated through focused attention practice [3].
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Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 5 facts
claimThe S-ART framework predicts that mindfulness can facilitate both dorsal and ventral vagal tone through focused attention (FA) on the body during stressors.
claimSome traditions and researchers, including Kabat-Zinn (1990), Brown and Ryan (2004), and Cahn and Polich (2006), equate both insight and focused attention meditation practices with 'mindfulness' and refer to them as 'mindfulness meditation.'
claimTraining in Focused Attention (FA), Open Monitoring (OM), and Effortless Presence (EE) styles of meditation is proposed to support a sustainable healthy mind by reducing maladaptive emotions and cognitions (such as lust, greed, anger, hatred, and worry), increasing pro-social dispositions (such as compassion, empathy, and forgiveness), reducing attachments to thoughts and feelings, and removing biases inherent in habitual cognition.
perspectiveWallace (2006) argues that mindfulness is cultivated in Samatha practice and applied in Vipassana (insight) practice, whereas Lutz et al. (2007) argue that mindfulness can be cultivated in both focused attention (FA) and open monitoring (OM) practice.
claimThe S-ART framework distinguishes the term 'mindfulness' from other Buddhist concepts such as equanimity and clarity, integrating them into a multidimensional skillset strengthened through Focused Attention (FA), Open Monitoring (OM), and Effortless Presence (EE) practices.