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Relationship with Body as a Way of Responding to Systemic Privilege and Oppression: Experiences of MBSM Program Participants in India

Auteurs: Aarathi Selvan, Shoba Nayar, Thenmozhi Somasundaram

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 11/2024

Abstract

Objectives

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) often focus on individualized, pathologized approaches to mental health that overlook the body’s role in navigating systemic injustices. This limits understandings of how individuals’ lived experiences of privilege and oppression are embodied, hindering the development of more inclusive and effective MBIs. This study explored how participants in the Mindfulness-Based Symptom Management (MBSM) program in India experienced their bodies in response to systemic privilege and oppression.

Method

Using a qualitative descriptive approach, 19 MBSM program graduates were interviewed regarding experiences of their body in situations where they encountered systemic oppression and privilege. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results

Three major themes showed that participants experience their bodies as a Site of Liberation, Site of Protest, and a Site of Resistance. These experiences are fluid as participants respond to systemic oppression and privilege on a day-to-day basis.

Conclusions

MBSM participants experience their body as a driving force for social justice, actively responding to injustices and striving for collective liberation from systemic oppression. These insights advocate strongly for a necessary adaptation to MBIs, urging a focus on the body as a source for collective liberation. MBI teachers and program developers need to consider the importance of incorporating these perspectives into curriculum development and facilitation of MBIs.

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Titel: Relationship with Body as a Way of Responding to Systemic Privilege and Oppression: Experiences of MBSM Program Participants in India
Auteurs: Aarathi Selvan
Shoba Nayar
Thenmozhi Somasundaram
Publicatiedatum: 27-11-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness / Uitgave 11/2024
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02475-7

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