Abstract

Shalini Thakur*

ABSTRACT

The worst impact of COVID-19 was on the mental health of persons whether staying at home or working. There were several reasons like lockdown, work from home, stuck in routine, increased household workload, loss of job, fear of falling ill, following of COVID appropriate behavior etc. People were stressed and psychosomatic problems increased many folds. This epidemic reemphasized the importance of modes preserving Mental health and taught valuable lesson that such conditions are unavoidable and things get normalized at their own pace. We can’t change external things but ourselves only. Besides, we have to accept what is coming. For mental health, positive mind & acceptance is the protection key but to cultivate such mind set, we need to train our mind. Meditation is one such method which stabilizes our mind, train it, makes us peaceful and develop endurance. Material & Methods: A research study done on 20 volunteers to see the effect of meditation on mental attitude, statistically evaluated and found significant in changing the parameters positively. Result: Meditation was found highly effective in developing mental positivity and acceptance. In short span, it was brilliant to see enthusiastic results and can be a game changer in the field of mental health owing to ease, affordability and assessibility of the process.