Date of Submission

5-8-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Advisor

Kimberly Creig

Keywords

mindfulness, self-compassion, meditation

LCSH

mindfulness, meditation

Abstract

Focused attention and open monitoring are two types of mindfulness meditation, which emphasizes the importance of present moment awareness while meditating. Both approaches can be done while sitting or walking. While research has explored the correlation between mindfulness meditation type and posture type, it remains unknown how a combination of mindfulness mediation type and posture type impacts self-compassion levels. This study examined if a combination of FA seated, FA walking, OM seated, or OM walking enhances self-compassion by having participants meditate an assigned meditation for fifteen minutes a week for six weeks and complete an assessment at the baseline, midline, and post-study. While the results indicate no significance among meditation type or posture type, the OM seated mindfulness meditation condition showed the greatest increase in self-compassion levels from the baseline to midline. Both seated conditions also produced higher self-compassion levels than the walking conditions. The findings from this study suggest that a longer period would be needed to examine the benefits on self-compassion because data from participants that completed the full six weeks.

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