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<br /> CALM, CENTERED, AND CONFIDENT:<br /> MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AS A TOOL<br /> FOR MANAGING STUDENT STRESS<br /> BOB FULLER, PHD, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES,<br /> BRADLEY UNIVERSITY<br /> MARK LEHTMAN, BS, PSYCHOLOGY AND HISTORY, BRADLEY UNIVERSITY<br /> tered<br /> Calm Confident<br /> Cen<br /> MINDFULNESS MEDITATION<br /> A Tool for Managing Student Stress<br /> INTRODUCTION<br /> 2<br /> Mindfulness is defined as being<br /> focused in the moment. 1,2<br /> One way to practice mindfulness<br /> meditation consists of simply<br /> sitting in a comfortable position<br /> for ten to twelve minutes while<br /> concentrating on the sensation<br /> of air moving in and out of the<br /> lungs. For these few minutes one<br /> is instructed to notice—then let<br /> go of—every distracting thought<br /> that comes into the mind. The<br /> goal of mindfulness meditation<br /> is to be as attentive as possible<br /><a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=1"> CALM, CENTERED, AND CONFIDENT: MINDFULNESS MEDITA</a> <a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=2"> INTRODUCTION 2 Mindfu</a> <a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=3"> to their repertoire of life skills. As many repor</a> <a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=4"> TABLE 1: Changes in Personality Trait Scores afte</a> <a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=5"> IMPLICATIONS FOR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES As ment</a> <a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=6"> REFERENCES 1 Nhat Hanh, T. (1976). The Miracle o</a> <a title="Calm, Centered, and Confident: Mindfulness Meditation as a Tool for Managing Student Stress page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0a799aac?page=7"> MEET THE AUTHORS Bob Fuller, PhD Bob Fuller is </a>