popularity of this new brand of mindfulness has resulted in the commercialization of meditation through self-help books, guided meditation classes, and mindfulness retreats. Buddhist commentators have criticized the movement as being presented as equivalent to Buddhist practice, while in reality it is very possibly denatured with undesirable consequences, such as being ungrounded in the traditional reflective morality and therefore, astray from traditional Buddhist ethics. Criticisms suggest it to be either de-moralized or re-moralized into clinically based ethics. The conflict is often presented with concern to the teacher's credentials and qualifications, rather than the student's actual practice. Reformed Buddhist-influenced practices are being standardized and manualized in a distinct separation from Buddhism - which is seen as a religion based in monastic temples - and expressed as “mindfulness” in a new psychology ethic, practiced in modern meditation centers. Risks In media reports, people have attributed unexpected effects of increasing fear and anxiety, panic or "meltdowns" after practicing, which they suggest could expose bipolar vulnerability or repressed PTSD symptoms. However, according to published peer-reviewed academic articles, these negative effects of meditation are rare for mindfulness meditation, and appear to happen due to a poor understanding of what actually constitutes mindfulness/meditation practices. See also Alexander Technique Affect labeling Buddhism and psychology Buddhist meditation Choiceless awareness Coping (psychology) Coping Planning Eternal Now (New Age) Full Catastrophe Living John Garrie Richard Geller S.N. Goenka Henepola Gunaratana Dennis Lewis Mahasati Meditation Metacognition Mindfulness (journal) Mindfulness and technology Mindfulness Day Mindful yoga Nonviolent communication Nepsis Ovsiankina effect Phronesis Sacca Satya Satyagraha Sampajanna Samu (Zen) Satipatthana Self-compassion Taqwa and dhikr, related Islamic concepts Transcendental Meditation Watchfulness (Christian) Notes References Bibliography Printed sources (The use of mindfulness in psychology, and the history of mindfulness) Siegel, Ronald D. (2010). The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems. The Guilford Press. Web sources Further reading Origins Buddhism Psychology Other Critical 01 01 Buddhist meditation Meditation Mind–body interventions Plum Village Tradition sv:Medveten närvaro (buddhism)