Estudos e práticas meditativas na perspectiva de uma formação integral humana

Abstract

In this work we present the study of the Group of Studies and Meditative Practices of the Federal University of Pampa (Unipampa), Campus Bagé. Our objective was to comprehend in which ways a group of studies and meditative practices can influence the lives of individuals who are engaged in this kind of activities at an educational context. As long as we understand the meditative practices as practices of pedagogical innovation and as part of the integral education perspective, we also aim to understand the importance of the meditative practices in educational environments (Mello and Salomão de Freitas). In order to accomplish our objectives, we revise the literatures and an also perform the analysis of our own corpus of research. The research corpus of our final paper consists in the recorded testimonials of participants that occurred in our meditation group at the end of our meetings. We have also interviewed the participants of our research. We used the Discursive Textual Analysis methodology to analyze all material recorded and transcribed. The results pointed the studies and meditative practices as valuable knowledge, whose practice provides well-being, development of emotional intelligence, and self-knowledge. They also pointed out the benefits of meditation practice at educational contexts, such as decrease of violence rates, impulsiveness, and enhancement of cognitive functions.