Meditation may be an ancient practice, but it has found a home on modern-day college campuses as schools use it to help tackle student anxiety. The American College Health Association found in a 2015 study that a whopping 85.6% of respondents felt overwhelmed by their responsibilities. And according to a 2015 UCLA Cooperative Institutional Research Program study, only half of students surveyed rate their emotional health as “above average” and some 10% feel frequently depressed. Last fall, the…
Ooom: Colleges turn to meditation to help you destress
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