Laboratory for Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies

College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

Dr. John M. de Castro, Director

 
 

The Laboratory for Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies at Sam Houston State University is dedicated to the academic study of mindfulness and contemplative practices, their effects on practitioners, and their application to the relief of human suffering and the advancement of human flourishing.

Link to the Contemplative Studies Blog

 

Currently, the Laboratory is recruiting participants for the "Mindfulness and Awakening Research Registry". If you are currently a regular practitioner of mindfulness techniques such as meditation, yoga, contemplative prayer, etc.

Link to Facebook page for Center for Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies
https://www.facebook.com/ContemplativeStudiesCenter

Links to mindfulness sites
Mind and Life http://www.mindandlife.org/
International Symposium for Contemplative Studies http://contemplativeresearch.org/
Gratefulness.org http://www.gratefulness.org/
Mindfulness Research Guide http://www.mindfulexperience.org/
Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society http://www.umassmed.edu/content.aspx?id=41252
Lab for Affective Neuroscience http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu
Rick Hanson: Resources for Happiness, Love, and Wisdom http://www.rickhanson.net/
Skillful Means Wiki https://sites.google.com/site/psychospiritualtools/
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org/
Mindful http://www.mindful.org/
The Mindful Breathing Laboratory http://http://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/mindful-breathing/overview/

Links to SHSU sites
Sam Houston State University www.shsu.edu
College of Humanities and Social Sciences http://www.shsu.edu/~hss001/
Mindfulness and Awakening Registry http://www.contemplative-studies.org/views/MARegistry.php