In a pathbreaking study conducted by Chennai based SRM Medical College in collaboration with California based Mind Science Institute and Pillai Centre for MindScience, it was found that sounds can help beat exam stress. This study aims to understand the therapeutic use of sounds for helping lower rampant stress levels among students and develop their psychological well-being.

“Academic performance is often a make or break situation for students in India as their future hinges to a large extent on how well they score in examinations. Medical students reportedly experience higher rates of stress when compared to students of other disciplines. We are investigating whether psychological and biological impacts of examination stress can be reduced among the medical students by the use of Mind-Sound Technology,” informs Dr Swapna Subramanian, lead researcher, and Dr Haripriya Dayalan, assistant professor, Department of Medical Research, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai.

Mind-Sound Technology (MST) is an internationally acclaimed intelligence-enhancing program developed by Dr Baskaran Pillai, a scholar-mystic and global thought leader. MST has already been implemented with over 5000 children and adults around the world, and has demonstrated very positive results with higher academic scores, greater focus and concentration, cooperation and participation, feelings of peace and happiness, and overall well-being.

The results of the preliminary study looked encouraging as the students in the test group who practised the Mind-Sound techniques for six weeks, 20 minutes per day showed marked improvement in the key health measures under stress conditions versus the students in the control group who did not have access to these techniques.

“Interestingly, the results were positive for everyone who practised these techniques, whether or not they believed in the effectiveness of the Mind-Sounds. We consider this to be an important finding in establishing the inherent performance and health benefits of these sounds on the human mind and body,” informed Stacey Lawson, co-researcher, Mind Science Institute, California, USA.

The MST study is unique because it works directly with sound waves, rather than human speech. Most importantly, the study hypothesises that if psychosomatic illness exists, then psychosomatic wellness must also exist.

“We can pro-actively develop psychosomatic wellness through positively directing our minds. This is the power of our own consciousness – the link between mind and matter which Quantum Physics is now telling us about. By understanding the dynamics that consciousness and matter are same at a very subtle level, we can access the realm of non-physical intelligence– the Quantum Mind – which is essential to our overall well-being,” revealed Dr Pillai.

The MST study comes at an opportune time when millions of students across India are taking examinations at various academic levels. While the hope of making learning stress-free might sound appealing to the students, their parents would be the ones actually heaving a sigh of relief.