With the incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 rapidly growing worldwide, people have been experiencing tremendous psychological stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elevated psychological stress could compromise the human capacity to fight against COVID-19. Therefore, effective interventions including timely mental health care to improve psychological wellbeing are urgently needed.
Accumulated studies demonstrated that meditation, could not only effectively reduce negative emotions (such as stress, anxiety, depression) by regulating the body’s neuro-endocrine-immune network and through other mechanisms, but also serve as an adjunct approach to rehabilitation and treatment for a wide range of diseases and disorders, both physical and mental.
Modern Meditation is a practice developed for relaxation and stress reduction. Rooted in the theories of traditional Chinese medicine, this meditation centers on holism of human beings and the universe, the oneness of body and mind, meridians and collaterals, five elements including Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, and doctrine of viscera state including heart, liver, kidney, spleen, and especially around this time, the lungs. It also integrates Western psychology, Western medicine such as neuroscience, endocrinology and immunology. Meanwhile, it combines the essence of music therapy, visualization and mindfulness meditation.
In order to help people around the world recover more rapidly from the the international pandemic, our team created the English album “Modern Meditation To Cope With the COVID-19 Pandemic”. This album is suitable for people who are living under high stress, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, including patients, healthcare workers, government employees, educators, business owners, students and those in quarantine. Through Modern Meditation, you can relax your body and mind, reduce stress and fatigue, balance meridians and collaterals, and strengthen major organs effectively. We have also found that it can be beneficial for those with psychological and physical symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, headache and insomnia.
The album “Modern Meditation To Cope With the COVID-19 Pandemic” was developed by a multidisciplinary team. Jianguang Xu, the President of Shanghai Medical Association, the President of Shanghai Medical Doctor Association and the President of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, served as the Chief Advisor. Mo Xue, China’s National First-class Writer, Vice President of Gansu Writers’ Association, served as humanistic consultant. Lijun Jia, the winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and Distinguished Professor of Yangtze River scholars, served as the producer.
For coping with COVID-19, this multidisciplinary team previously developed three meditation albums in Chinese for patients, healthcare workers and the public, respectively. After being well received for nearly 2 months, these three albums have gotten more than 400,000 hits on WeChat, a popular Chinese social medium. Importantly, these previous meditation albums have been highly regarded by patients, healthcare workers and the public.
Production Team:
Chief Advisor: Jianguang Xu, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Humanities consultant: Mo Xue, Gansu Provincial Writers’ Association
Producer: Lijun Jia, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Content experts: Lijun Jia, Bangjiang Fang, Xiaobing Wang, Xi Yang, Xihui Chen, (Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine); Yanmei Zhang,(Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University); Huiqi Tong, (Stanford University)
Music design and creation: Hao Liu, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Music recording: Huixin Xue, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Erhu player: Xiaohui Ma, Shanghai Chinese Orchestra
Guqin player: Xiaozi Lu, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Music directors:Lei Jiang (East China Normal University); Xiaohui Ma (Shanghai Chinese Orchestra); Hao Liu (Shanghai Conservatory of Music)
Dubber: Jiankun Bao, Kunming Oriental-Literature College For the Elderly
Acknowledgment: Organization Department of Shanghai Xuhui District Committee
Note: The copyright of this album belongs to Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Without permission, any organization or individual is not allowed to use it for any commercial purposes.
