Monitoring Emotion Through Body Sensation: A Review of Awareness in Goenka’s Vipassana

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1693-1705

  Zeng, Xianglong ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b   Liu, Xiangping ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Embodied emotion; Goenka s Vipassana; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879875663     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9754-6     Document Type: Article

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