"Moreover, unlike Western medical therapies, meditation is free and can benefit individuals who cannot afford extensive therapy or medicine over long periods of time. The Tibetan approach is empowering, as it offers PTSD patients an alternative and less invasive form of therapy and enables them to participate in their own treatment," she added.
The project grew from a Miami U. summer field school program, ‘Peoples and Cultures of Tibet’, conducted in Dharamsala, the residence of the spiritual leader of the Tibetans, the Dalai Lama, and location of the Tibetan government in exile.
During the field school, Akers and Miami students learned about how Tibetan monks minister to political prisoners and victims of torture who suffer from PTSD.
"The PTSD research project and the summer field program in Dharamsala exemplify Miami University's continuing interest in South Asia," Akers concluded.
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