A comparative study of mindfulness between meditators and non-meditators

Abstract

Meditation and mindfulness are now getting into trend contributing as the proposed benefactor in various diseases. It has been generally recommended that meditation aids in subsidizing stress levels, improving performance and relationships at home and at workplace apart from any therapeutic benefit. Rajyoga Meditation is one such meditation which is recently being explored for its holistic well-being of the individual. So, there was a need to confirm the significant differences which are attained through the regular practice of meditation. This study is on the comparative analysis between the group of meditators and non-meditators highlights the benefit of meditation. The comparison has been carried out on famous five facets of mindfulness using the FFMQ over demographically similar randomly sampled subjects. Results have a clear indication that meditators have a significant difference in terms of observation (p < 0.0098) and non-reactivity (p < 0.0092) which are the need of the hour in the demanding work scenarios. It has been concluded that regular practice of meditation may improve these facets of mindfulness. It has also been found that meditators were more judging than non-meditators whose reasons could be found in future research.