The Unritalin Solution Blog » Meditation and ADHD http://unritalinsolution.com/adhdblog Blog Site for the Unritalin Solution Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Meditation helpful for children with ADHD http://unritalinsolution.com/adhdblog/2009/04/14/meditation-helpful-for-children-with-adhd/ http://unritalinsolution.com/adhdblog/2009/04/14/meditation-helpful-for-children-with-adhd/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:51:22 +0000 Dr. Yannick Pauli http://unritalinsolution.com/blog/?p=12 A new study published in the December issue of the journal  Current Issues in Education.  suggest that Transcendental meditation may be an effective way to treat ADHD symptoms without using medication.

In this pilot study, researchers  followed a group of 10 middle school students with ADHD, aged 11 to 14,  who were meditating twice a day in school. After three months, researchers found over 50 percent reduction in stress and anxiety and improvements in ADHD symptoms.

According to the lead author of the study, Sarina Grosswald, the effect of the meditation was much greater than was expected. The children not only had reduction in stress and anxiety levels,  they also demonstrated improvements in attention, working memory, organization, and behavior regulation.

This is not the first study that suggests that Transcendental Meditation (TM) is helpful for children with ADHD. Other studies have found that TM can helps not only reduce anxiety, but also helps improve mathematical skills, reading and memory. Informal studies suggest that TM may reduce symptoms of ADHD by 20-25%.

In fact, Transcendental Meditation is one of the tools that we recommend in Key#13 (Engage the Body Mind) of our “14 Keys to Overcome ADHD Naturally” protocole.

If you would like more info about TM and ADHD, check out:

www.adhd-tm.org

Dr. Yannick Pauli

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