By now, there is a large amount of scientific data  establishing the healthy benefits of meditation. For example, this peer-reviewed summary [https://positivepsychology.com/benefits-of-meditation/]  Benefits include the slowing of brain aging, improved  attention, increased innovation and better problem-solving -  all of which are key areas for students and professors alike.

A lot of this research is on meditation (or yoga or  breathing techniques) in general - for example meta  studies that pool the results of many individual studies, sometimes decades worth of research. This is obviously  of great benefit as larger amounts of data more firmly  establish results, but can be at a cost of key differences  in the kinds of meditation.

Now new research at YALE university in the US has been  carried out comparing: Emotional Intelligence  training (based on psychology), Mindfulness training,  SKY Meditation (Sudarshan Kriya Yoga Meditation) and  a control group - in a randomised control trial.

SKY is a short term for the set of practices taught at  Art of Living Basic Programs - beginning with  Yoga, then breathing exercises culminating in  Sudarshan Kriya and Meditation.

Watch this short film to find out the results - what  happened to the state of well being of students from  each of the four groups tested.