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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Improve Your State of Mind and Stress Less

Grad students' class combines meditation with research to help students focus on present

Most students don't experience the academic term with its numerous assignments and tests as a stressless stroll in the park. Researchers, yogis and others have long touted the benefits of meditation, a practice that in some cases revolutionizes the lives of people suffering severe mental or physical distress. Used in the treatment of chronic illness, traumatic stress disorders and depression, meditation has been proven effective.

All this evidence and her own experience with meditation sparked psychology graduate student Jessica Tipsord's curiosity in meditation research. If meditation helps cancer patients calm anxieties to the point of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, Tipsord wondered how it might help the average college student.

Tipsord teamed up with Josh Felver-Gant, a graduate student in the Counseling Psychology department, who has practiced meditation himself for nearly seven years and also wanted to incorporate meditation in his research. (More)

Source: The Daily Emerald

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