Mindfulness meditation practices as a healing practice: Exploring their impact from mental health to self-perceptions of religious beliefs

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Issue		SHS Web Conf. Volume 224, 2025 4^th International Conference of Applied Psychology on Humanity (ICAP-H 2025)


Article Number		06003
Number of page(s)		11
Section		Psychology in Social and Cultural Contexts
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202522406003
Published online		05 November 2025

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