Positive results shown in meditation survey

[davidinalameda]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/31/BAG3QB347G1.DTL

Meditation as medication.

A federally funded study on hypertension conducted in West Oakland yielded positive results for the practitioners of transcendental meditation, a technique used to relax the body and the mind -- and much, much more, say hardcore adherents.

Findings of the study were published Friday in the American Journal of Hypertension, a publication of the American Heart Association. The study was the work of a medical team led by Dr. Frank Staggers, a longtime Oakland physician who now works as a senior detox physician at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco. Research for the project was conducted over a period of 10 years, starting in 1994.



does this mean I can deduct my yoga mat and DVD as medical expenses?