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- Shapiro SL, Walsh R, 2003, ‘An analysis of recent meditation research and suggestions for future directions’, The Humanistic Psychologist, vol. 31, no. 2-3, pp. 86-114. More information here.
- Mellor, K, 2011, Inspiration Meditation & Personal Wellbeing, The Awakening Network Inc., Seymour, Australia.
- Murphy M, Donovan S, 1997, The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation: A review of Contemporary Research with a Comprehensive Bibliography 1931–1996, Institute of Noetic Science, Sausalito, CA. More information here.
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