This is another post in celebration of World Meditation Day, and it covers a study near and dear to my heart… because it’s my own study!

In fall 2020, serving as my department’s graduate coordinator, I was observing firsthand the impact that the pandemic was having on our students’ mental health. There are many studies that show meditation has positive impacts on mental health in both students and the general population. However, most of these studies either used time-intensive interventions where participants met regularly or were targeting health-related students (med students, nursing students, etc.). I knew that the last thing our students needed was another meeting on their calendar (and a Zoom meeting at that!), and I wasn’t sure if the effects found for health-focused students would carry over to our own students.

So I set out to find out!