SMH : Melissa Lahoud : July 12, 2011
Article found in Sydney Morning Herald this week detailing a recent study on work stress that was led by Dr Ramesh Manocha at Sydney University.
The clinical trial included 178 full-time workers who practiced meditation (Sahaja Meditation) twice daily at home for 10-20 minutes over eight weeks.
The study found that meditation triggers change in electrical activity of the brain, improving the mind and body in measurable ways. Within the context of meditation and stress, it's the largest study in the world … and we've applied some rigorous conditions," Dr Manocha said.
"What authentic techniques should do is show you how to widen space between thoughts until the space is so large you have no thoughts whatsoever in that moment," he said
The improvements for mood and depression were twice as high for those practising ''mental silence'' compared to the ''relaxation'' and placebo groups.
"We've done other published studies where, when you teach people relaxation, they feel better, but there's no change in disease, but when you teach mental silence approach, they felt twice as better but also saw significant changes in indicators with disease," Dr Manocha said
* A Lifeline poll reveals that stress levels are rising, with 93 per cent of Australians under strain at a rate that could create serious illness.
* Workplace stress costs the economy $15 billion a year.
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