Mindfulness - What for? - Drs Dev Roychowdhury & Maria Luisa Guinto - Meaningful Sport Series

Mindfulness has become a panacea for well-being and performance and is widely used in workplaces, schools... and sports. Many sport psychology studies have documented its benefits for athletes and it has become one of the main topics of sport psychology conferences. Despite all these benefits, many scholars and writers have expressed their reservations about how mindfulness is taken up and used in Western countries. Two scholars who have long hed these reservations are Dr Maria Luisa Guinto, an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and Dr Dev Roychowdhury, a researcher and practitioner based in Melbourne, Australia. I had the opportunity to get to know them a couple of years ago and work together on an article that focuses on the transnational migration of mindfulness and what was gained and what was lost when mindfulness became mainstream in sport psychology. In today's episode, we will explore some of the arguments and share some stories behind the research. Further resources to explore the topic can be found in Dev Roychowdhury's blog.