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Research and how we know it works

Despite the fact that mindfulness has been practised for thousands of years in the East, it was Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn (1982) who first recognised the potential for a therapy in modern day clinical settings, finding that mindfulness-based interventions could effectively reduce negative factors such as psychological distress in those living with chronic back pain. Since such discoveries, mindfulness has become an extremely popular topic for psychologists, with over 4000 scientific studies being published. Studies have found mindfulness meditation to benefit a huge variety of health conditions, for example:

  • Improving mood and quality of life in chronic pain conditions, for example reducing levels of depression and anxiety.
  • Reducing physical pain and the emotional reaction to it, allowing individuals to change their relationship with their condition by living in harmony with their pain rather than trying to fight it.
  • Improving social functioning by strengthening relationships, improving sleep quality and decreasing the level of interference that pain has on daily activities
  • Re-establishing a sense of control by learning coping mechanisms and feeling empowered in knowing that individuals have a choice in response to pain and discomfort.

At Breathworks, we aim to continually evaluate the clinical effects of our mindfulness-based pain management programme and to maintain an ongoing programme of research partnerships and collaborations. To find out more about our findings and partnership opportunities, please explore the following areas below.

Internal evaluations

Internal evaluations

We aim to continually evaluate the clinical effects of our mindfulness-based pain management programme and maintain an ongoing programme of research partnerships and collaborations. Read more

Published: 14th December, 2018

Updated: 22nd May, 2019

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Published Studies

Published Studies

The positive outcomes of our mindfulness programmes have been demonstrated in a number of published psychological papers including both quantitative and qualitative research. Read more

Published: 12th December, 2018

Updated: 5th June, 2019

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Research Partnerships

Research Partnerships

We are engaged in an on-going programme of research with university and hospital partners which in turn will help to make the case for larger clinical trials. Read more

Published: 11th December, 2018

Updated: 25th April, 2019

Author: James Belton

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