Which meditation works best for cancer survivors? a new study aims to find out

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Documented written informed consent of the participant * Age: ≥ 18 years * Ability to understand and fluently speak English or Spanish * No previous training in mind-body relaxation techniques including meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong, guided imagery, mindfulness-based stress reduction, hypnosis, or cognitive behavior therapy, that exceeds 3 hours. Additionally, no regular practice of mind-body relaxation techniques, or formal experience with mind-body relaxation techniques within the past 12 months * Visual Analog Scale (VAS) anxiety score of \> 3 from a range from 0 to 10. A "0" means the lowest anxiety score and a "10" means the highest anxiety score * Long-term cancer survivors who received surgery to treat their cancer ( \> 6 months since last treatment) with no history of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other systemic therapy (e.g., hormonal therapy) and/or have completely recovered from surgery OR patients identified as having pre-cancerous lesions that have been surgically treated (e.g., colon polyp that has been removed) * Willingness to: * Provide salivary alpha-amylase sample * Complete stress tests and study questionnaires * Be monitored with a Bispectral Index (BIS) device Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to complete study required time and procedures as outlined in the study procedures section of the protocol * Must not have had previous serious illnesses that affect neurological functioning such as strokes, heart attacks, Parkinson disease, etc * Ongoing active psychiatric condition, depressive/bi-polar related disorders, anxiety, psychosis disorders, or substance use that may interfere with the study including panic disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disease * Active cancer * Cancer survivors who have received chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or any other systemic treatment (e.g., hormonal therapy) * Women who are pregnant