Participants received the instruction: 'please, lie down, relax and pay attention to your breath'. This procedure was carried during 15 minutes. Soon after the experiment, individual assessment was performed blinded to who received intervention using a structured questionnaire and Likert-scales about the degree of relaxation and feelings.

The intervention protocol was divided in two steps: first, patients spent 5 minutes in the phase of harmonization with five colored stones of a size of a walnut (green, red, yellow, white and black) placed around their bodies.
Second, in accordance to the emotion chosen by the participant, a matching mandala was placed next to the feet, on the abdomen, or next to the head depending on the self-perceived personality type, intuitive, emotive and rational for the remaining 10 minutes (Figure 3B). The researcher also checked the control subjects once during the 15 fifteen minutes of experiment.
Soon after the experiment, individual assessment was performed blinded to who received intervention using a structured questionnaire and Likert-scales about the degree of relaxation and feelings.

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Application of mandalas during 15 minutes

Mandalas of Emotions

Participants were requested to "lie down, relax and pay attention to your breath".

Control

Neuroimaging Laboratory

Randomized Control Trial on Mandalas of Emotions

Before the procedure, researchers asked "How are you feeling?" and participants replied in a Likert scale from 1-Very bad to 5-Very good.

Five minutes after the procedure began, researchers applied the question: "How are you feeling?" and the researcher registered as they reported physical and emotional changes. No further measures or questionnaires were applied at this point.

After the procedure, researchers asked "How are you feeling?" and participants replied in a Likert scale from 1-Very bad to 5-Very good. Researchers also applied a questionnaire with these questions: "Did you experience body changes / retrieval of memories / retrieval of specific images? Do you have any observations regarding the procedure? Researchers registered yes/no reply and participants description of changes. No further measures or questionnaires were applied after this procedure.

Individual participant data will not be shared.

Gabriela Salim Spagnol

Principal Investigator

University of Campinas, Brazil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

The team, composed of five researchers, was divided in two groups: three researchers performed the interview before and after the intervention, two others applied the intervention, which divided participants in two groups: "control" and "intervention", assuming the confidentiality of this classification, as expected in a randomized, case control, blind assessment of outcome study.
Both groups received the same initial recommendations: 'please, lie down, relax and pay attention to your breath'. The total procedure time was the same for both groups.

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Randomized Control Trial on Mandalas of Emotions

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