{"id":189843,"date":"2024-05-21T17:25:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/altered-states-of-consciousness-more-common-than-believed-in-mind-body-practices"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T22:25:23","slug":"altered-states-of-consciousness-more-common-than-believed-in-mind-body-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/altered-states-of-consciousness-more-common-than-believed-in-mind-body-practices","title":{"rendered":"Altered States of Consciousness More Common Than Believed in Mind-Body Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/altered-states-of-consciousness-more-common-than-believed-in-mind-body-practices2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>A new study finds that altered states of consciousness (ASCs), like those experienced during meditation, are more common than previously thought. 45% of respondents reported experiencing ASCs at least once, often leading to positive outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>However, a significant minority also reported negative or even life-threatening suffering, highlighting the need for better support and understanding of these experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: A new study finds that altered states of consciousness (ASCs), like those experienced during meditation, are more common than previously thought. 45% of respondents reported experiencing ASCs at least once, often leading to positive outcomes. However, a significant minority also reported negative or even life-threatening suffering, highlighting the need for better support and understanding [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}