• Purushottam Borkar
• Jayashree Kalaskar

Meditation can be defined as a family of practices that train attention and awareness usually with the aim of fostering psychological and spiritual well being and maturity. Meditation does this by training and bringing mental processes under greater voluntary control , and directing them in beneficial ways. The word stress is derived from the Latin word stringers (strictus) which means to draw tightly or bend. It is a concept borrowed from the natural sciences, where it was equated with force, pressure or strain. But over the years stress is being used in relation to work organizations as well. Mason (1975) explained the term stress in terms of a stimulus (external force it has been acting on the organism), a response (changes in the physiological functions), an interaction (interaction between an external force and the resistance to it) or a combination of all the above three. India is leading nation when it comes to stress for women-about 87% of women stressed most of their time and 82% claimed that they did not find time to relax. The reason behind it is that Indian women have to play different roles in daily life i.e work and home related activities.

Meditation, Stress, women

"“Life Stress among Meditating and Non-Meditating Working Women”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.b542-b548, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206172.pdf

"“Life Stress among Meditating and Non-Meditating Working Women”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppb542-b548, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206172.pdf