Young adults who suffer from depression saw a 40 percent reduction in symptoms when they did meditation and aerobic exercise two times a week for just two months, research shows.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” says Brandon Alderman, assistant professor in the exercise science and sports studies department at Rutgers University. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral therapies have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
We know these therapies can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental and cognitive health.
