Who Fares Best With Mindfulness Meditation

"All participants will follow a mindfulness course consisting of group sessions of 2-3h duration that are organized (nearly) weekly and are spread over a period of eight weeks. The specific timeline and organisation of the course may differ between the participating sites but all courses will involve a comparable amount of contact hours with the mindfulness trainer. Each session consists of guided experiential mindfulness exercises (e.g., body scan, breathing space, breath focus, walk meditation), sharing of experiences of these exercises, reflections in small groups, psychoeducation, and review of home practices.~The mindfulness courses are based on one of the two most well-known MBIs, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (Segal et al., 2002) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Kabat-Zinn, 1990), or a combination thereof. Courses follow a standardised protocol with group sessions and daily homework tasks taught by experienced and certified mindfulness trainers."