Purpose – The purpose of this study is to find out how effective meditation is as a tool in tackling stress in the eyes of the participants. Design/Methodology/Approach – The empirical study involves designing a questionnaire to study the impact of an online meditation program on the participants. The research design is descriptive and research falls in the category of exploratory to study the benefits of online meditation, descriptive as it categorized the participants as those who did meditation earlier or not and those who had health ailments or not, explanatory to find the reasons for shortfalls in the effectiveness of the online meditation programs, correlational as it studied the correlation between expectation fulfillment and ease of doing meditation and being an experienced practitioner Findings – The program either met expectations or exceeded expectations of the participants. The major causes for shortfall in effectiveness were – 1. It was difficult to practice and listen and watch at the same time 2. Participants found difficulty in breathing 3. Scientific reasons for doing meditation were not known to participants 4. Health problems acted as a restriction 4. Teaching focused on subject more than the learner Research limitations/implications– The meditation program was of 21 days and was free of cost and was attended by large number of participants but very less number of people came forward for feedback.2.The attendance could not be mapped.3 The access of internet in rural areas is a major limitation in the reach of such programs across the globe. Originality/value – This study focuses on effectiveness of online meditation programs and a unique questionnaire is designed based on the literature review related to Stress, Superbrain yoga and Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, Essentials of Educational Technology and Global Health Estimates of suicides in the world by World Health Organization and other related researches
Stress Management, Meditation, Education Technology, Healthy living
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