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Podcast: Physical Activity Researcher
Episode: Mindfulness - What for? - Drs Dev Roychowdhury & Maria Luisa Guinto - Meaningful Sport Series
Description: Mindfulness has become a panacea for well-being and performance and is widely used in workplaces, schools... and sports. Many sport psychology studies have documented its benefits for athletes and it has become one of the main topics of sport psychology conferences.
Despite all these benefits, many scholars and writers have expressed their reservations about how mindfulness is taken up and used in Western countries. Two scholars who have long hed these reservations are Dr Maria Luisa Guinto, an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and Dr Dev Roychowdhury, a researcher and practitioner based in...