Health and school performance during home isolation at Institución Educativa Privada Prescott in Puno, Perú
Tapuya March 15, 2022 Lee Fergusson, Javier Ortiz Cabrejos, Anna Bonshek
A group of 54 indigenous students in Puno, Peru, who practiced Transcendental Meditation as part of their school routine, reported favorable physical, cognitive, and emotional health and school performance during home isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Their results were contrasted with a comparison group of 53 meditating students who reported their health and learning before the pandemic. The study examined group meditation practiced at the same time and place daily at school, and during online sessions at the same time but in different locations. Both approaches to group meditation were associated with positive outcomes for health and school performance.