The popularity of meditation in the West
Posted in Study Summary, cross-cultural, history of meditation, meditation, research, research projects on Oct 22nd, 2009
Meditation is widely perceived in the West as an effective method of reducing stress, and enhancing wellbeing. In Australia, a survey conducted by Kaldor (2002) of a randomly selected but representative sample drawn from the state of Western Australia (n=1,033) found that 11% of respondents had practiced meditation at least once. The Australian Community Survey [...]
