Program Characteristics as Factors Influencing the Implementation of Mindfulness Meditation in Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies

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This article discusses lessons learned from a study on mindfulness meditation (MM) within a substance abuse treatment agency. Parts of the study are cited as the source of lessons learned. Themes from the qualitative data include: scheduling, time factors, discomfort in the group setting, and group composition. Integral Theory (Wilber, 2006) is offered as a useful way to conceptualize spirituality-related interventions that incorporate the organizational context. The authors' experience calls for increased partnership with organizations, engaging the interest of providers in spirituality-related interventions that could be studied within the agency setting.View full textDownload full textKeywordsorganizational context, mindfulness meditation, spirituality-related interventions, Integral Theory, research partnershipsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2012.716284