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Combining exercise and meditation can help fight depression

Over eight weeks, researchers from Rutgers University in New Jersey studied a group of men and women, 22 of whom were clinically depressed. The data, which was published in Translational Psychiatry, found that the mind and body combination done twice a week for two months reduced symptoms of depression by 40 per cent. “Exercise in itself might not make someone smarter, more enlightened or more peaceful, but if you couple it with some learning experiences then I think the combination is pretty