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A study looking at the occurrence of acute respiratory infection (ARI), split the participants into 3 groups:
Exercised for 8 weeks
Practised mindfulness for 8 weeks
Did neither
The results? Of the 149 people who completed the trial, there were
27 ARI episodes and 257 days of ARI illness in the mindfulness group,
26 episodes and 241 illness days in the exercise group
40 episodes and 453 days in the control group.
Mean global severity was
144 for mindfulness
248 for exercise
358 for control.
Compared with control, global severity was significantly lower for meditation. Relating to work:
67 ARI related days off work missed in the control group,
32 in the exercise group
16 in the mindfulness group
The conclusion is that mindfulness can be as effective as exercise.
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Caroline Langston is the Founder of Successful Consultants Ltd, an executive, personal and career development coaching company in Hong Kong, with her partner Patrick Bennett founding the practice in New York. She is also the Founder of recruitersgiveback.org a nonprofit providing free information and coaching to people who are unemployed. Caroline is also the Founder of The Science Of Coaching. She is dedicated to coaching people for success and happiness in their careers and lives. Caroline is a Certified Professional Coach at International Coaching Federation standards. Certified Team Coach and is also degree qualified with further certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Master Practitioner and Coach level. www.successCL.com www.recruitersgiveback.org