The Meditating Mind

A new study, has shown that less than one week of meditation can produce significant improvements in state of mind. For the study, the experimental group received five days of meditation training for twenty minutes a day and the control group received relaxation training. Both groups were assessed on attention and stress.

The meditation group showed greater improvement in the attention test including ability to resolve conflict and also showed lower levels of anxiety, depression, anger and fatigue than in the control group.

This evidence supports the benefits of meditation.

Mental Illness E-health Brief August 09 PNAS