Meditation can help reduce blood pressure and learning pressure

According to a study published in the American Journal of Blood Pressure, college students who spend at least 20 minutes a day meditating will help lower blood pressure. Those students also reduce mental exhaustion, anxiety and depression.

The study was conducted on 298 healthy students with or without high blood pressure from universities in or around Washington, averaging less than 26 years old, 40% male. These students were randomly divided into two groups to meditate or not.

Of the 207 students who continued to participate in the study three months later, those in the meditation group had a slight decrease in blood pressure while the rest of the students had a slight increase in average blood pressure compared to the original. Meditation group students also significantly reduced overall mental disorder as well as anxiety, depression, frustration and opposing attitudes. They also have the skills to cope with difficulties higher than standard and group students do not meditate.

Scientists also evaluated 48 meditating students and 64 students who did not meditate, who had high blood pressure (above 130/85 mmHg) or were at risk of high blood pressure. As a result, meditating students have significantly lower blood pressure, while students who do not meditate have increased blood pressure.