Implications of attentional focus in virtual reality therapies for relaxation, meditation, and wellbeing DOI
Simon Riches, Sarah L. Nicholson

International Journal of Spa and Wellness, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 5

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2025

Stress is widely experienced. Relaxation practices, including mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises, are often used to combat stress, but can be difficult maintain in everyday life. Virtual reality (VR) therapies appear address stress various contexts, support relaxation techniques, as they immersive transport individuals calming natural environments while limiting distractions. Many techniques invite focus their attention on bodily sensations. This may a challenge when using VR users disembodied the VR. article argues that inviting sensations reduce sense of presence or immersion virtual environment create conflict between focusing world real world. An alternative strategy for meditation have an outward overtly audio-visual features environment, rather than could presence, immersion, unity experience, make better use technologies.

Язык: Английский

Implications of attentional focus in virtual reality therapies for relaxation, meditation, and wellbeing DOI
Simon Riches, Sarah L. Nicholson

International Journal of Spa and Wellness, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 5

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2025

Stress is widely experienced. Relaxation practices, including mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises, are often used to combat stress, but can be difficult maintain in everyday life. Virtual reality (VR) therapies appear address stress various contexts, support relaxation techniques, as they immersive transport individuals calming natural environments while limiting distractions. Many techniques invite focus their attention on bodily sensations. This may a challenge when using VR users disembodied the VR. article argues that inviting sensations reduce sense of presence or immersion virtual environment create conflict between focusing world real world. An alternative strategy for meditation have an outward overtly audio-visual features environment, rather than could presence, immersion, unity experience, make better use technologies.

Язык: Английский

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