The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation on Trait Mindfulness, Perceived Stress, Cortisol, and C-Reactive Protein in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial (original) (raw)
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Meditation: A potential Stress Buster
Our bodies need a level of stress to perform well, But as truly says, anything in excess could be fatal. Stress management is the key to success in nursing programs. So many therapies were followed to get relieve from stress. But meditation proves itself to be the potential stress buster which not only enhances the stress threshold, but also considerably a vaccine to fight against various cognitive disorders and other social problems. Meditation assumes to be the world's most widely used self regulation therapy. So recommendation is to follow meditation therapy as a stress buster as it will help each individual to have sound mind with a sound body.