U of T Mindfulness Study
The Toronto Star reports on two Buddhist researchers from the University of Toronto who asked a group of meditators to keep a Mindfulness Diary in which they rated “their meditating behaviour as soon as they open their eyes and stop practising.” They found a huge amount of variability in the responses, but discovered that people who reported being “more present-focused and tranquil during meditation said they felt less stressed, depressed and anxious at the end of the study”. The pair are going to undertake a larger follow-up study, and hope to eventually make mindfulness an accepted part of the medical profession.
