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Meditation helps students find inner peace: LAFAYETTE: Nurse at Acalanes High offers sessions to help youths relax and reduce stress.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)

| June 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Contra Costa Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Meera Pal

Jun. 1--A harp plays in the background while a calm, soothing voice encourages three Acalanes High School students in Lafayette to "relax ... breath in and breath out."

Chrissy Donham has her head down on the table, while Joey Valkevich stretches his head back, dropping it off the back of his chair. Kevin Strachan stares straight ahead.

The three decided to forgo their lunch period in the hopes of learning how to relax.

With finals coming up next week, Dvora Citron, the school nurse, wanted to offer students the tools to reduce stress.

"Everyone is stressed out all the time, but this is a high-stress period,"…

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