Table 2.
App-based mindfulness-based cancer survivorship curriculum.
| Unit # | Topics or focus of module | Meditation | Exercise |
| 1 | What is mindfulness; why mindfulness for cancer?; belly breathing exercise; introduction to Body Scan with focus on cancer-related changes in the body. | Body Scan (short) | Positive events journal |
| 2 | Mindful attitudes (nonjudgment, acceptance, nonattachment) in the context of cancer. | Mindfulness of breath and mindful movement | Negative events journal |
| 3 | Stress response; biology of stress, stress and cancer; link between inner narrative and chronic stress; sleeping well exercise. | Mini breathing exercises, mindful movement, and walking meditation | Symptoms of stress checklist or mapping stress on the body |
| 4 | Stinkin’ Thinkin’; maladaptive stories we tell ourselves; common cognitive distortions with cancer-related examples; coping with thoughts and fears of cancer recurrence. | Open awareness | Thought log |
| 5 | Introduction to guided imagery; using imagery to cultivate loving kindness toward the suffering of self and others. | Mountain meditation and compassion meditation Body Scan (long) | Intention or plan moving forward |