Transcendental Meditation counteracts record stress levels found in school students according to a new report published by the Journal of Instructional Psychology.
Reduced stress
The study found that Transcendental Meditation visibly reduced psychological distress in at-risk racial and ethnic minority public students. The reduction was 36 percent over 4 months compared against controls. The study also found significant reductions in trait anxiety and evidence of depression.
My research at the worksite a number of years back found a 58% dip in self-reported stress symptoms, employing a standardised questionnaire. So this new finding does not surprise me a bit.
South African policy makers would do well to take note of these findings. The study implies Transcendental Meditation has substantial benefits for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Most of the study sample was drawn from ?ethnic and racial minorities ?, which in the U. S. equates with poorer backgrounds.
In S. A. , the poorer sector of the populace is the majority and is in fact a major focus of state policy. Our recent National Planning Commission reports that literacy and numeracy in SA grades 3 and 6 rates nearly 139th in the world. We have ENORMOUS Issues!
So I was interested to read that a study released earlier in the year in the journal ?Education ? showed improved mathematics and English results among low-performing middle school scholars (often Black and Hispanic) who learned Transcendental Meditation.
In S. A. Improvement of English and mathematics talents is at present the target of the Ministry of Basic Education.
So what are we waiting for? More systematic validation or more celebrity endorsements?
Those South African teachers who have had the good fortune to work with TM in schools have seen it all before. Inside roughly a week of starting the implementation of ?quiet time? in a college, violence and bullying subsides, student behavior improves, teachers find learners to be more awake and receptive: ?its a transition to heaven from the lowest levels of Hell.
So just one more time: WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?
Transcendental Meditation reduces stress. Stress obstructs learning. The atmosphere in faculties leaves a lot to be desired. Teacher burnout is also an issue. All of these negative consequences of stress melt away when T M is introduced into an organisation.
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Doctor Richard Broome and his psychologist wife, Vicki, run the Houghton T M Centre in Johannesburg, S. A. He has a deep and abiding interest in eduction and stress research A graduate engineer and ex-military and airline pilot, he's got an MBA and doctorate from the University of Cape Town.
Tags: Health and Fitness, Stress, stress research, transcendental meditation
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