Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Transcendental Meditation: Current State of Research

Heal the Healers: A pilot study evaluating the feasibility, acceptability, and exploratory efficacy of a Transcendental Meditation intervention for emergency clinicians during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

“…It may also be the case that this level of training was not accessible for all clinicians, particularly those with small children. Brief and remote delivery of low‐cost, self‐management interventions may be more accessible for larger cohorts of clinicians 18 . Lastly, the effects on sleep disturbance may be influenced by the fact that all clinicians in this cohort engaged in shift work that can be particularly disruptive to sleep.…”

“…These interventions are often low cost, low risk, and easy to practice. 18 A recent meta-analysis of resilience interventions for healthcare clinicians identified that although meditation results in improvements to clinician resilience, future studies need to evaluate the ability to sustain or maximize intervention effects with interventions that are longer than 1 week and include postintervention support. 19 Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a type of meditation practice that has been welldocumented as a non-pharmacologic method for stress reduction.…”

“…Meditation and mindfulness interventions are increasingly more accessible in healthcare systems and popular in the mainstream media. These interventions are often low cost, low risk, and easy to practice 18 . A recent meta‐analysis of resilience interventions for healthcare clinicians identified that although meditation results in improvements to clinician resilience, future studies need to evaluate the ability to sustain or maximize intervention effects with interventions that are longer than 1 week and include postintervention support 19 .…”

Mindfulness, Relaxation and Other Stress Relief Techniques

“…There are some stresses which consider as "healthy" named "eustress" which keeps the individual active and alert, in order to strive towards achieving life goals within the individual's level of tolerance. The "unhealthy" stress or the "distress" arises as a result of failing the individual to accomplish demands within his potentials or limits [3]. A stressful situation can trigger the fight or flight response, causing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol to surge through the body.…”