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The Institute's journal

Journal of Mindful Diving and Ocean Wellbeing

Diving science, contemplative practice and the science of wellbeing.

  • · Open access · CC BY 4.0
  • · Crossref DOIs · prefix 10.68220
  • · No fees to publish or read
  • · English and Spanish

DOI 10.68220/jmdow

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Cover of Volume 1, Issue 1: sunlight falling through the sea onto a single diver far below.

Aims and scope

The Journal of Mindful Diving and Ocean Wellbeing publishes open-access research at the meeting point of recreational diving, attention, contemplative practice and wellbeing science. It welcomes empirical studies, replications, reviews, measurement instruments, protocols, field reports from dive centers and pedagogical evaluations, in English or Spanish. Every paper that touches practice in the water must sit within recognised diving safety standards.

Current issue

Vol. 1, No. 1 (2026) — Inaugural issue

  1. Article e001 · article

    Mindful Diving: The Ocean as a Contemplative Environment for Fundamental Peace, Ecological-Collective Flourishing, and a Research Agenda for the Mindful Diving Institute

    Luis Miguel Gallardo

    https://doi.org/10.68220/mdi.2026.001 PDF

  2. Article e002 · review

    Mindful Diving: A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Intersection of Diving Science and Wellbeing Science

    Luis Miguel Gallardo

    https://doi.org/10.68220/mdi.2026.002 PDF

  3. Article e003 · instrument

    The FP20 Fundamental Peace Scale — Instrument Documentation (English & Spanish)

    Luis Miguel Gallardo

    https://doi.org/10.68220/mdi.2026.003 PDF

  4. Article e004 · review

    Mindful Breath: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Comparative Analysis of Breathwork Techniques

    Luis Miguel Gallardo

    https://doi.org/10.68220/mdi.2026.004 PDF

Editorial board

  • Editor-in-Chief

    Luis Miguel Gallardo

    Founder and President, World Happiness Foundation; Professor of Practice, Yogananda School of Spirituality and Happiness, Shoolini University · India

    ORCID 0009-0005-3222-6092

  • Editorial board

    Satinder Singh Rekhi

  • Advisory board

    Philip Kotler

  • Advisory board

    Vandana Shiva

    Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, Dehra Dun · India

  • Advisory board

    Thakur S. Powdyel

    Former Minister of Education · Bhutan

  • Advisory board

    Saamdu Chetri

    Faculty, Rekhi Foundation for Happiness; Visiting Professor, Rekhi Centres of Excellence for the Science of Happiness in India, Jaipur · India

    ORCID 0000-0003-1487-6372

  • Advisory board

    Mavis Tsai

    Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington · United States

  • Advisory board

    Manas Mandal

    Distinguished Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore · India

  • Advisory board

    Aneel Chima

    Division of Health and Human Performance and Stanford Flourishing Project, Stanford University · United States

  • Advisory board

    Isha

  • Advisory board

    Raj Raghunathan

    McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin · United States

  • Advisory board

    Paul Atkins

    Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University · Australia

  • Advisory board

    Rosalinda Ballesteros

    Universidad TecMilenio, Monterrey · Mexico

  • Advisory board

    Yogesh Kochhar

  • Advisory board

    Loretta Breuning

    Inner Mammal Institute; Professor Emerita of Management, California State University, East Bay · United States

  • Advisory board

    Mohit Mukherjee

    Centre for Executive Education

  • Advisory board

    Berry Liberman

    Small Giants; Dumbo Feather, Melbourne · Australia

  • Advisory board

    Daniel Almagor

    Small Giants; Impact Investment Group · Australia

  • Advisory board

    Nichol Bradford

  • Advisory board

    Valerie Freilich

  • Advisory board

    Edith Shiro

    Trauma and Resilience Center, Miami, Florida · United States

  • Advisory board

    Tia Kansara

  • Advisory board

    Deepak Ohri

    Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, Florida International University; lebua Hotels and Resorts · United States

  • Advisory board

    Vibha Tara

  • Advisory board

    Nancy Richmond

    College of Business, Florida International University · United States

  • Advisory board

    Matthew Brownstein

    Anahat Education Group; Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy

  • Advisory board

    Rolando Gadala-Maria

  • Advisory board

    Ellen Campos Sousa, PhD

    Godbold College of Business, Gardner-Webb University · United States

  • Advisory board

    Carine Bouery

    Dubai · United Arab Emirates

  • Advisory board

    Zahra Karsan

  • Advisory board

    Liliana Nuñez

  • Advisory board

    Jennifer Price

  • Advisory board

    Silvia Parra

  • Advisory board

    Rashi Bunny

    Banjara Theatre

  • Advisory board

    Michelle Taminato

    CollabSoul

  • Advisory board

    Paula Dinaro

  • Advisory board

    Dr. Jayati Sinha

    College of Business, Florida International University · United States

  • Advisory board

    Elle Ullmann

  • Advisory board

    Rita Hernández

Policies

Fees
No fees of any kind: no submission charges, no article processing charges and no charges to read. Publishing is funded by the World Happiness Foundation.
Peer review
Every manuscript is screened by the editors and reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Papers touching practice in the water are also reviewed by the Safety & Dive Medicine Board.
Ethics
Authors declare competing interests, funding and ethics approval where human participants are involved. The journal follows COPE guidance. Mindful Diving is never presented as therapy or medical treatment.
Archiving and DOIs
Every article receives a Crossref DOI under prefix 10.68220 and is archived on Zenodo.
Use of AI
Authors disclose any use of AI tools. AI systems cannot be listed as authors.

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