Source: The Minnesota Daily

http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2003/11/12/7407

On November 12, 2003 The Minnesota Daily reported that many students at the University of Minnesota engage in Buddhist meditation in order to stay focused. The students are are part of a larger trend of individuals in Minneapolis embracing Buddhist meditation as a way to decrease stress in their daily lives. "Kimberly Johnson of the Minneapolis Zen Center said many people come to Zen meditation — a meditation founded in Zen Buddhism — because they have "had some sort of crisis. It may be health-related, may not be.' The benefits are apparent to those who practice, but abstract to explain. 'It does appear that Zen meditation or meditation of any kind can help to integrate the body and the mind,' she said. 'Our groups are for lay people and our members are not monks, but normal people who do normal jobs,' Crook said."