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WORLD | CSCUoM | SEEKING | Beginner Meditators for "Tracking Meditation: A Longitudinal Study"

[Edited extract from public address]

A new study is being launched to understand the long-term effects of regular meditation. 

For this Contemplative Studies Centre, University of Melbourne needs to recruit people who took up regular meditation 4 months ago or less in mindfulness, Theravada (eg Insight) or Zen traditions.

We’d be very grateful for any help recruiting, eg if you could forward the study info below to any meditators who might be eligible.
 
Tracking Meditation Study
  • Have you started practising meditation 4 months ago or less?  
  • Do you plan to continue meditating regularly? 
  • Do you live in New Zealand, Australia, UK, or US? 
If yes to all, we’d love to hear from you.
 
 
What will you do?
  • Over two years, you'll contribute to this groundbreaking research through: 
  • 3 x 30-min online surveys (beginning, after 1 year, after 2 years) 
  • Brief monthly surveys
  • Weekly voice diaries
 
What’s in it for you?
  • US$140 or local equivalent in gift cards 
  • Chance to win one of 20 x US$100 gift cards every six months 
  • Personalised practice tracking feedback 
  • Access to exclusive meditation resources
  • Join our community of participants 
A collaboration between Contemplative Studies Centre University of Melbourne and Human Experiences and Ambulatory Technologies (HEAT) Lab at Emory University

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Contemplative Studies Centre
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne
Address: Grattan Street, Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia

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