American Buddhist Net

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (12/10/2007) (12/10/2007) -- Rude cashiers, snowy commutes, crowded stores -- the holiday season can often bring tidings of stress and frustration. But a University of Minnesota faculty member has found that mindfulness meditation (MM) helps people brush off unpleasant feelings and focus on the task at hand.

Professor Philip Zelazo in the Institute of Child Development, along with Dr. Catherine Ortner from the University of Toronto and MM instructor Sachne Kilner, found that people with more MM experience had shorter and less intense reactions to emotional images than those with less experience in the practice. MM practitioners proved particularly unflappable when viewing unpleasant emotional images, reporting higher levels of well-being and less interference with cognitive tasks than both relaxed meditation practitioners and those who didn’t meditate at all.

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