Group Management with Insighted Wisdom Growth: A Case Study among Bankuhanai Organic-Rice Farmer

Abstract

The problems of the Bankuhanai organic-rice farmer group’s management were the loose
confederation among the members and lack of participation and team work management. Therefore,
our reseadch team was interested to develop the farmers in this group by insighted wisdom growth of
mindfulness practice .This technique leaded to the relaxed brain waves which could activate all parts of
the brains.The purposes of this research were to study the results of mindfulness practice that affect
self-development and their team work in the Bankuhanai organic-rice farmer group, and to describe and
evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness practice in this group. Eighteen participants from Bankuhanai were
trained daily in the practice of mindfulness meditation, such as breathing and moving part of the body

by the mindfulness trainers for two days. The participants had their own direct experience of neutral
mindfulness. They could remember this state of mindfulness and practised to have mindfulness in their
daily lives by themselves. The data were collected by mixed method; quatitative data by questionnaire
and qualitative data by interviews, focus groups and participatory observation. Participants completed a
questionnaire about mindfulness before and after the 5-month practising program. We met this group
every single month to revise mindfulness practice for one day in each meeting. We found that all of
participants had increased mindfulness in various activities (p<.05). Mindfulness caused concentrated
peaceful mind with high intention to work carefully. The farmers suggested to teach mindfulness to the
pupils in their villages in the future.