Basic Yoga and Meditation Techniques

The yoga and meditation intervention will use a 60-minute vinyasa yoga class once a week, followed by a guided yoga instruction booklet that takes an average of 30 minutes to read. The intervention will be carried out in the last eight weeks of the spring semester, when hospital practices are most intense and before the final exams. Posttest forms will be filled out the week of final exams. The time devoted to meditation will be increased every week for the last two weeks, starting with 5 minutes and gradually increasing to 20 minutes in the eighth week.