Integrative Body-Mind training (IBMT)

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Integrative Body-Mind training (IBMT)

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http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/552538/

"Chinese researchers have unlocked the mechanism of an emerging mind-body technique that produces measurable changes in attention and stress reduction in just five days of practice.

The practice -- integrative body-mind training (IBMT) -- was adapted from traditional Chinese medicine in the 1990s in China, where it is practiced by thousands of people. It is now being taught to undergraduates involved in research on the method at the University of Oregon.

In October 2007, researchers led by visiting UO professor Yi-Yuan Tang and UO psychologist Michael Posner documented in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences that doing IBMT prior to a mental math test led to low levels of the stress hormone cortisol among Chinese students. The experimental group also showed lower levels of anxiety, depression, anger and fatigue than students in a relaxation control group."

Audio clips available at: http://comm.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2009/5/body-and-mind-and-deep-meditation

UO psychology department: http://psychweb.uoregon.edu

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