Studying the Effect of a Mindfulness-based Intervention on Medical Students

C-MBI, was administer online via Zoom and included: 10 Integral Meditation classes lasting approximately 35 minutes each, given twice a week (Monday and Wednesday); 10 minutes of yoga exercises focused on breathing and posture before each IM class; and dietary advice. Regarding this latter, the participants received via email a document which entailed non-mandatory dietary suggestions to promote healthy nutrition, sleep and stress-relief. An online lecture held by the nutritionist with a question-and-answer format was also organized. The degree to which to follow this advice was left to the discretion of each participant. The core of our intervention was represented by the IM training, that is a MBI intervention, that simultaneously uses breathing, focusing attention, releasing of physical tensions, thoughts and feeling sensations through internal senses and imagery, allowing a quick relaxation and more deeply a physical, energetic, and spiritual well-being.