Much research has linked mindfulness training with better physical and mentalhealth. But few of us have the time or patience to commit to a lifelong daily practice.
Good news: That may not be necessary. A new study of Scandinavian health-care professionals finds those who took a seven-week mindfulness course as a part of their schooling reported higher levels of well-being six years later.
"These effects were found despite relatively low levels of adherence to formal mindfulness practice," writes a research team led by Michael de Vibe of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Its results suggest the training imparted healthy ways to cope with stress—and those lessons stuck.
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