How Do Mindfulness Offerings Support Inner–Outer Sustainability Progress? A Sustainability Assessment of Online Mindfulness Interventions

While there is growing optimism for inner transformations to catalyse systemic shifts towards more sustainable ways of being, no study so far has attempted to assess how well current interventions for inner development address core requirements for collective wellbeing. In this article, we apply a n...

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Published in:Challenges (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.14 (2), p.26
Main Authors: Cooper, Kira J, Gibson, Robert B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buddhism
Case studies
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
E-health
Global health
inner development goals
inner transformation
Loneliness
Mental health
Mindfulness
Mindfulness meditation
Pandemics
Public health
Stress
Sustainability
sustainability assessment
System theory
Transformations
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Summary:While there is growing optimism for inner transformations to catalyse systemic shifts towards more sustainable ways of being, no study so far has attempted to assess how well current interventions for inner development address core requirements for collective wellbeing. In this article, we apply a novel assessment framework to examine how mindfulness-based interventions address inner and outer sustainability criteria during a global health emergency. This inquiry informs a growing field of study concerned with leveraging inner transformations for systemic shifts towards sustainability progress. Using three prominent online mindfulness-based offerings as a case study, we demonstrate that mindfulness-based interventions have a broad range of potential desirable to detrimental implications for social and biophysical systems. We conclude by discussing how normative conceptions of inner interventions might be contextualised anew to effectively support more viable, just, and inclusive transformations towards long-term viability.
ISSN:2078-1547
2078-1547
DOI:10.3390/challe14020026