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Daily Bruin columnist Alissa Evans practiced meditation as a means of stress relief. Though She found the process to be calming, she found that the calming effect of meditation only lasted for a short while, possibly due to her inconsistent meditation schedule. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)

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Alissa Evans’ experience with stress stems primarily from her inability to definitively choose a major, a recently received D that taints her otherwise mediocre GPA and her complete and utter confusion regarding the abstract concept commonly referred to as her “future.” In the midst of a midcollege crisis, the Daily Bruin columnist decided to try a different stress-relieving activity every other week of winter quarter and chronicled her quest for mental homeostasis in Stress Less.

https://dailybruin.com/2018/01/30/stress-less-meditation-can-mediate-stress-levels-as-midterms-approach/

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Stress Less: Meditation can mediate stress levels as midterms approach

By Alissa Evans

Jan. 30, 2018 2:58 a.m.