Beyond White Mindfulness

Crystal Marie Fleming is Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Associate Faculty in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Veronica Y. Womack is a mindfulness scholar and equity consultant as well as a social psychologist and researcher at Northwestern University whose work centers on inclusive teaching, identity-related stressors, and mindfulness. Jeffrey Proulx is the Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. He is also a faculty member in the school of Public Health, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Contemplative Studies, and Native American and Indigenous Studies at Brown.

PART 1: Mindfulness, Culture and Identity 1: Beyond Aloha: Can University of Hawai’I Students Cultivate Native Hawaiian Relational Awareness in a Mindfulness Course Thao N. Le and Teneya Jackman 2: Centering African American Women’s Voices in Mind-Body Intervention Research and Practice Natalie N. Watson-Singleton & Angela R. Black 3: Mindfulness, Culture, and Clinical Practice: Clinical Experiences Utilizing Mindfulness and Acceptance with Hispanics/LatinX Populations Rebeca Castellanos 4: Application of Secular Mindfulness to Asian Americans in the U.S.: Cultural Considerations Akihiko Masuda and Joanne Qinaʻau PART 2: Mindfulness and Ethnoracial Stress 5: The Effect of a Mindfulness Induction on Coping Strategy Preferences across Stressor Types among African Americans Veronica Y. Womack & Lloyd R. Sloan 6: Mindfulness and Matter: The Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma Candice Hargons 7: Exploring the Adaptation of Mindfulness Interventions to Address Stress and Health in Native American Communities Jeffrey Proulx & Dessa Bergen-Cico PART 3: Mindfulness, Equity and Liberation 8. Practicing Mindfulness at the Intersection of Oppressions: On the Politics of Nonduality and Liberation Crystal Marie Fleming 9. Mindfulness for the People: Radically Re-Imagining the Mindfulness Movement Angela Rose Black & Suzanne Switzer 10: Mindfulness awareness training for healthcare provider: A strategy to increase culturally sensitive care and the promotion of health equity among racially and ethnically diverse populations Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombe & Kessonga Giscombe