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Meditation Helps Reduce Bouts of ADHD

MONDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2006

A new, simple approach is being tried by some schools in helping kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. These kids are practicing transcendental meditation.

Practicing TM allows the kids to experience very profound levels of relaxation while you are wide awake, according to William Stixrud, Ph.D., a clinical neuropsychologist at George Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Moreover, he said that transcendental meditation is easy to do. Kids simply sit, eyes closed for 10 minutes twice a day. The body is profoundly at rest but the mind is not.

A study led by educator Sarina Grosswald, Ed. D. on TM for kids with ADHD resulted in dramatic reductions in stress, anxiety and depression. Likewise, organization, memory and strategizing skills also improved significantly.

Whether transcendental meditation can reduce the meds kids need has not been studied yet.

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