Digital Technology, Meditative and Contemplative Practices, and Transcendent Experiences

Markum, Robert B.; Toyama, Kentaro

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376356

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“…These technologies offer rich resources particularly for novices, guiding them in specific meditation practices [67]. Previous research also explored the ways in which mindfulness practitioners incorporate various technologies to practice mindfulness and meditation into their daily routines, the benefits and challenges [27,56,59,69], as well as the perspectives of mindfulness practitioners on possibility of future technologies in enhancing mindfulness [25,58].…”

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Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges

Li,

Guo,

Leshed

2024

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Mindfulness practice has many mental and physical well-being benefits. With the increased popularity of live stream technologies and the impact of COVID-19, many people have turned to live stream tools to participate in online meditation sessions. To better understand the practices, challenges, and opportunities in live-stream meditation, we conducted a three-month autoethnographic study, during which two researchers participated in live-stream meditation sessions as the audience. Then we conducted a follow-up semi-structured interview study with 10 experienced live meditation teachers who use different live-stream tools. We found that live meditation, although having a weaker social presence than in-person meditation, facilitates attendees in establishing a practice routine and connecting with other meditators. Teachers use live streams to deliver the meditation practice to the world which also enhances their practice and brand building. We identified the challenges of using live-stream tools for meditation from the perspectives of both audiences and teachers, and provided design recommendations to better utilize live meditation as a resource for mental wellbeing.

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Section: Mindfulness Practice and Supporting Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges

Li,

Guo,

Leshed

2024

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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“…This diversity notwithstanding, apps appear to be substantially more popular, presumably due to their accessibility. Apps are commonly used for guidance by novices who are still learning to meditate, and mainly as "timers" by more advanced meditators [8,9]. Expert meditators, on the other hand, tend to avoid using meditation technology altogether and view it only as a distraction [9,10].…”

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“…In addition to studies investigating meditators' attitudes toward meditation technology (e.g., [9]) and technology in general (e.g., [11]), several researchers attempted to assess the efficacy and/or effectiveness of meditation apps, and their findings have been summarized in existing reviews (e.g., [12,13]). On the other hand, investigations into the efficacy/effectiveness of meditation devices are very scarce (e.g., [14,15]).…”

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Technology and Meditation: Exploring the Challenges and Benefits of a Physical Device to Support Meditation Routine

Kermavnar,

Desmet

2024

MTI

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Existing studies of technology supporting meditation habit formation mainly focus on mobile applications which support users via reminders. A potentially more effective source of motivation could be contextual cues provided by meaningful objects in meaningful locations. This longitudinal mixed-methods 8-week study explored the effectiveness of such an object, Prana, in supporting forming meditation habits among seven novice meditators. First, the Meditation Intentions Questionnaire-24 and the Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory-Revised were administered. The self-report habit index (SrHI) was administered before and after the study. Prana recorded meditation session times, while daily diaries captured subjective experiences. At the end of the study, the system usability scale, the ten-item personality inventory, and the brief self-control scale were completed, followed by individual semi-structured interviews. We expected to find an increase in meditation frequency and temporal consistency, but the results failed to confirm this. Participants meditated for between 16% and 84% of the study. The frequency decreased with time for four, decreased with subsequent increase for two, and remained stable for one of them. Daily meditation experiences were positive, and the perceived difficulty to start meditating was low. No relevant correlation was found between the perceived difficulty in starting to meditate and meditation experience overall; the latter was only weakly associated with the likelihood of meditating the next day. While meditation became more habitual for six participants, positive scores on SrHI were rare. Despite the inconclusive results, this study provides valuable insights into challenges and benefits of using a meditation device, as well as potential methodological difficulties in studying habit formation with physical devices.

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Integrating Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in HCI

Rifat

Peer

Rabaan

et al. 2022

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

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Digital Technology, Meditative and Contemplative Practices, and Transcendent Experiences

Cited by 12 publications

References 46 publications

Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges

Meditating in Live Stream: An Autoethnographic and Interview Study to Investigate Motivations, Interactions and Challenges

Technology and Meditation: Exploring the Challenges and Benefits of a Physical Device to Support Meditation Routine

Integrating Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in HCI

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