Reading a book regularly promotes knowledge enhancement, reduces stress and enhances memory among other benefits. For the purpose of this study, we advocate reading any book/ journal of participants choice routinely.

We assess for change in the individuals' ability to feel joy and look for it in the mundane by using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale (DPES) particularly the Joy subscale. The Sub-scale measures the individuals' dispositional ability to feel joy in life. The aids in evaluating any change on the individual's joy predisposition levels after the Inner engineering intervention. We compute the DPES-JOY subscale scores for each participant which is a mean score for 6 item questionnaires and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. DPES-JOY scale ranges from 0 to 6 and higher DPES-JOY scale indicates higher joy in life.

We assess for change in the individual feeling depressed using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies, Depression scale (CES-D). The scale comprises of 20 item questionnaires which measures the major facets of depression based on self-reported symptomatology. We compute the CES-D scale scores for each participant and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. Possible range of scores is 0-60 with higher scores indicating the presence of more symptomatology.

We assess for change in the individual feeling anxious using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) emotional distress- Anxiety short form scale. The scale comprises of 7 item questionnaires which measures the major facets of anxiety based on self-reported symptomatology. Sum is computed for the responses and scores range between 7-35, where higher scores indicating greater/wrose severity of anxiety. We compute the PROMIS Anxiety short form scale scores for each participant and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change.

Group 2 will be asked to read a book or journal of their choice for first 30 days, and then recieve online mindfulness intervention (IEO).

Phase I: Reading a book/ journal: Reading a book regularly promotes knowledge enhancement, reduces stress and enhances memory among other benefits. For the purpose of this study, we advocate reading any book/ journal of participants choice routinely.

Phase II: Inner Engineering Online: Inner Engineering Online (IEO) is a web based intervention administered by the Isha Foundation, a not-for-profit, global, volunteer-based organization.The Inner engineering online program is a holistic tool for promoting well-being that teaches individuals how to mindfully and effectively respond to daily stressors using yogic sciences. The program offers guided meditation and yoga practices to promote harmonizing mind-body-emotion, and energy of the individual while simultaneously promoting mindfulness, joy, and vitality. It includes seven modules of 90 minutes each, discussing meditations & yoga.

Total of all reporting groups

Of 34 participants in the Intervention arm, only 31 participants responded to the question regarding their age.

Of 37 participants in the Control arm, only 34 participants responded to the question regarding their age.

Of 34 participants in the Intervention arm, only 31 participants responded to the question regarding their sex.

Of 37 participants in the Control arm, only 34 participants responded to the question regarding their sex.

Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

Of 34 participants in the Intervention arm, only 31 participants responded to the question regarding their Region.

Of 37 participants in the Control arm, only 34 participants responded to the question regarding their Region.

Group 2 will be asked to read a book or journal of their choice for first 30 days, and then recieve online mindfulness intervention (IEO).

Inner Engineering Online: Inner Engineering Online (IEO) is a web based intervention administered by the Isha Foundation, a not-for-profit, global, volunteer-based organization.The Inner engineering online program is a holistic tool for promoting well-being that teaches individuals how to mindfully and effectively respond to daily stressors using yogic sciences. The program offers guided meditation and yoga practices to promote harmonizing mind-body-emotion, and energy of the individual while simultaneously promoting mindfulness, joy, and vitality. It includes seven modules of 90 minutes each, discussing meditations & yoga.

Reading a book/ journal: Reading a book regularly promotes knowledge enhancement, reduces stress and enhances memory among other benefits. For the purpose of this study, we advocate reading any book/ journal of participants choice routinely.

The study aims to evaluate changes in perceived levels of stress in survey participants and the effect Inner Engineering Online has over them. We use a validated scale for this purpose named, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The scale measures the degree to which situations in participant's life are appraised as stressful. This is the key secondary outcome for our study. We assess for change in perceived stress levels by analyzing the PSS score for each participant and comparing it to pre & post intervention results. PSS is a 10 question validated instrument that assesses stress. Participants are asked to rate on a scale of 0 (never) to 4 (very often) how often they agree with various statements. Items from each of the 10 questions are then summed to create a total perceived stress score, ranging of 0 to 40. The lower score indicates less stress, higher score indicates high perceived stress.

Of 35 participants in the Intervention arm, 34 participants responded to the question regarding their PSS score.

Of 36 participants in the Control arm, 1 participant withdrew from the study between 4 weeks and 8 weeks.

We assess for change in Mindfulness levels by using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). The scale measures the individuals' ability for receptive awareness and attention to present. This aids in evaluating any change on the individual's awareness levels after the Inner engineering intervention. We compute the MAAS scores for each participant which is a mean score for 15 item questionnaires and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. Participants are asked to rate on a scale of 1 (Almost Always) to 6 (Almost Never) to assess the frequency of occurrence of each experience. Mean is then computed using items from each of the 15 questions to create a MAAS score, ranging from 0 to 6. Higher MAAS scores indicate better mindfulness state.

Of 35 participants in the Intervention arm, only 34 participants responded to the question regarding their Baseline Maslach Burnout Inventory score.

Of 36 participants in the Control arm, 1 participant withdrew from the study between 4 weeks and 8 weeks.

We assess for change in the individuals' ability to feel joy and look for it in the mundane by using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale (DPES) particularly the Joy subscale. The Sub-scale measures the individuals' dispositional ability to feel joy in life. The aids in evaluating any change on the individual's joy predisposition levels after the Inner engineering intervention. We compute the DPES-JOY subscale scores for each participant which is a mean score for 6 item questionnaires and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. DPES-JOY scale ranges from 0 to 6 and higher DPES-JOY scale indicates higher joy in life.

Of 35 participants in the Intervention arm, 34 participants responded to the question regarding their Baseline DPES- Joy subscale.

Of 36 participants in the Control arm, 1 participant withdrew from the study between 4 weeks and 8 weeks.

We assess for change in the individual feeling depressed using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies, Depression scale (CES-D). The scale comprises of 20 item questionnaires which measures the major facets of depression based on self-reported symptomatology. We compute the CES-D scale scores for each participant and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. Possible range of scores is 0-60 with higher scores indicating the presence of more symptomatology.

Of 35 participants in the Intervention arm, only 34 participants responded to the question regarding their CES-D scores.

Of 36 participants in the Control arm, 1 participant withdrew from the study between 4 weeks and 8 weeks.

We assess for change in the individual feeling anxious using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) emotional distress- Anxiety short form scale. The scale comprises of 7 item questionnaires which measures the major facets of anxiety based on self-reported symptomatology. Sum is computed for the responses and scores range between 7-35, where higher scores indicating greater/wrose severity of anxiety. We compute the PROMIS Anxiety short form scale scores for each participant and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change.

Of 35 participants in the Intervention arm, only 34 participants responded to the question regarding their Baseline PROMIS score. Of 36 participants in the Control arm, 1 participant withdrew from the study between 4 weeks and 8 weeks.

Of 36 participants in the Control arm, 1 participant withdrew from the study between baseline to 4 weeks, and 1 participant withdrew from the study between 4 weeks and 8 weeks.

Group 2 will be asked to read a book or journal of their choice for first 30 days, and then recieve online mindfulness intervention (IEO).

Reading a book/ journal: Reading a book regularly promotes knowledge enhancement, reduces stress and enhances memory among other benefits. For the purpose of this study, we advocate reading any book/ journal of participants choice routinely.

Inner Engineering Online: Inner Engineering Online (IEO) is a web based intervention administered by the Isha Foundation, a not-for-profit, global, volunteer-based organization.The Inner engineering online program is a holistic tool for promoting well-being that teaches individuals how to mindfully and effectively respond to daily stressors using yogic sciences. The program offers guided meditation and yoga practices to promote harmonizing mind-body-emotion, and energy of the individual while simultaneously promoting mindfulness, joy, and vitality. It includes seven modules of 90 minutes each, discussing meditations & yoga.