The following references look at the evidence for including mindfulness practices in education.

 

Mindfulness-based intervention helps preclinical medical students to contain stress, maintain mindfulness and improve academic success. Luisa Charlotte Lampe and Brigitte Muller-Hilke. BMC Medical Education (2021) 21:145

https://dol.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02578-y

 

Mindfulness and Student Success. Matt Leland. Journal of Adult Education. Volume 44, Number 1 2015

 

Using Mindfulness Techniques to Improve Student Wellbeing and Academic Performance for University Students: A Pilot Study. Monika Goretzki and Ania Zysk. Journal of the Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association. Number 49, April 2017

 

Mindful Self-compassion and Adult Learner Retention in Post-Compulsory Education. Suzie Jokic, Nicole Jacqueline Albrecht, Sue Erica Smith. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 2019, Volume 4, Issue 1.

 

Teaching mindfulness in medical school: where are we now and where are we going? Patricia L Dobkin & Tom A Hutchinson. Medical Education 2013: 47: 768-779

 

Predictors of stress, anxiety, depression, study engagement and academic performance in physiotherapy students, including a subgroup receiving a mindfulness training program. J.McConville, R Chambers, C Hassard, E Morris 7 A Hahne. Focus on Health Professional Education Vol. 23, No 4, 2022

 

The Impact of a Brief Embedded Mindfulness-Based Program for Veterinary Students. Helen M. Correia, Anita D Smith, Susan Murray, Lynlea S. Polak, Bronwyn Williams, Martin A. Cake. JMVE 44(1) 2017

 

A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Its Effects on Mental Health and Academic Performance in University Students. Piao Xue and Syed Mohamad Syed Abdullah. The Open Psychology Journal, 2025, Vol. 18

 

Organizational Mindfulness in Business Schools. JOSHUA L. RAY, LAKAMI T. BAKER and DONDE ASHMOS PLOWMAN. Academy of Management Learning & Education , June 2011, Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 2011), pp. 188-203

 

Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering. Michael D. Mrazek, Michael S. Franklin, Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Benjamin Baird and Jonathan W. Schooler. Psychological Science , MAY 2013, Vol. 24, No. 5 (MAY 2013), pp. 776-781

 

Keep Calm and Carry On: The Short- vs. Long-Run Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on(Academic) Performance. Lea Cassar, Mira Fischer and Vanessa Valero. Institute of Labor Economics (2022)

 

A mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress in university students (the Mindful Student Study): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Julieta Galante, Géraldine Dufour, Maris Vainre, Adam P Wagner, Jan Stochl, Alice Benton, Neal Lathia, Emma Howarth, Peter B Jones. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2018, Pages e72-e81