AI and personalization of Mindfulness in higher education: emotions at stake for the reaching of well-being

The practice of Mindfulness, a term that means "to remember", embraces the concept of Embodied Cognition. It underscores the centrality of embodied cognition for transformative learning. This approach recognizes the interconnectedness of mind, body, and emotions, highlighting their role as fundamental aspects of human existence. Mindfulness involves mental and cognitive processes closely linked to emotional regulation, sensory perception of the body and elements related to sensations, the mind, and mental objects. In an educational context, mindfulness entails the careful observation of thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and the surrounding environment, which is increasingly shaped by digital media. In the proposed research, artificial intelligence played a crucial role by personalizing and transforming meditation experiences through a digital app, making them more accessible and tailored to the class group involved. This allowed everyone to experience their educational journey in an optimal state of physical and emotional well-being. Meditative practices can indeed integrate the educational dimension, emphasizing the importance of living in the present moment and being in the here and now. The experience of "knowledge" is situated in that "space of encounter" [...] [and interaction], and is structured, as in the theatrical artistic experience, hic et nunc, in corporeal and spatial co-presence .