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REDUCED TESTING ANXIETY
A 2007 study published in the
journal Teaching and Learning
in Medicine found deep-breathing meditation to be an effective
technique to reduce the perception of pre-exam stress among
med school students. The students who practiced the deepbreathing exercises reported perceiving less anxiety, self-doubt
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and concentration loss than the
students who did not practice
deep breathing.
ALTER GENE EXPRESSION
A recent study found that mindbody practices like yoga, meditation and deep breathing exercises
can trigger the body’s “relaxation
response,” a physiological state
of deep relaxation that alters the
way it responds to stress. This
state can counter the negative
effects of stress for people with
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