Mindfulness Exercises Were Used Regularly but Could Be Improved With Diverse Teachers
Among the interviewed participants, only 4 reported not engaging in mindfulness practices, at least daily. The body scan and loving-kindness practices were the meditations that participants reported using most often. The loving-kindness practice helped improve self-care and increase kindness toward people in their lives. The body scan allowed several participants to develop an awareness of their bodies. Participants noted that mindfulness exercises could be improved if they were offered by different teachers (eg, racial and ethnic minority women) rather than a male voice. Several participants did not enjoy longer practices or repetitiveness of different lengths of practice:Body scan is fabulous. The love and kindness is excellent. I mentioned earlier, just the guy like presenting it just being the fit older white guys just ... you know it didn’t draw me, so maybe somehow having it be more inclusive, in a way, would be good. 