Alessandro Mahony

Harmony Meditation, Shinè and Zen. Contemplative Roots and Clinical Innovation of a Transformative Practice

Harmony Meditation is a meditative practice codified in Italy in the 1990s by AlessandroMahony, derived from the Zen tradition and integrated with psychological, psychophysiological,and neuropsychological expertise. Unlike approaches such as Mindfulness and TranscendentalMeditati...

Fibromyalgia, personality and early trauma: neuroticism, psychoticism and shared vulnerability in an integrated perspective

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome with a multifactorial aetiology, in which agrowing body of scientific literature has documented the modulating role of personality traits.This article offers a critical and up-to-date synthesis of the literature on the relationship be-...

Taoist Psychology Insights: The Yin and Yang of Life

This essay explores the dialectic between what we receive and what we choose in personal life,using the Taoist symbol of yin and yang as an interpretive model. The article argues that theopposite extremes — pure yang, which reduces every event to a personal choice, and pure yin,w...

Three Mantras, Three Paths: So Ham, Om Ah Hum and Buddho between Philosophy, Physiology and Neuroscience

Mantras constitute one of the oldest and most widespread contemplative technologies inhuman history, present in traditions as diverse as Advaita Vedanta, Vajrayana Buddhism,and Theravada Buddhism. This article examines three mantras — So Ham, Om AhHum, and Buddho — through an int...

The Analogic Meditation (AM) in Parkinson's Disease: An Integrated Neuroscientific Approach for Chronic Pain and Non-Motor Symptoms

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a systemic neurodegenerative disease that involves much more than just dopaminergic degeneration of the substantia nigra. Non-motor symptoms — including anxiety, depression, chronic pain, sleep disturbances, and fatigue — often represent the heaviest b...

Analogic Meditation in the Context of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): Psychoneurosomatic Rationale, Preliminary Evidence, and Proposal for a Research Program

Analogic Meditation (AM) is a structured meditative practice that integrates symbolic visualization,ideoplastic suggestion, and body-mind work, developed by Alessandro Mahony withinan integrated psychoneurosomatic approach. To date, AM has not been the subject of clinicalstudies...

Overestimation and Underestimation of Fibromyalgia: Clinical Reflections, Diagnostic Limitations, and Psychological Implications

Over the last thirty years, fibromyalgia has shifted from a relatively unrecognized condition to a widely diagnosed syndrome. Prevalence estimates in Western countries range from 2% to 4%, yet a debate is growing about the possibility that its actual prevalence is partly overesti...

Overestimation and Underestimation of Fibromyalgia: Clinical Reflections, Diagnostic Limitations, and Psychological Implications

Over the last thirty years, fibromyalgia has shifted from a relatively unrecognized condition to a widely diagnosed syndrome. Prevalence estimates in Western countries range from 2% to 4%, yet a debate is growing about the possibility that its actual prevalence is partly overesti...