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This Senate resolution encourages public awareness about meditation, integrative occupational therapy, and self-care, and officially designates April 15, 2025, as "Peace, Harmony, and Wellness Day" in South Carolina. The resolution highlights the multiple benefits of meditation, including mental health advantages like reducing stress, anxiety, and depression; physical health benefits such as improving sleep and reducing chronic pain; and spiritual benefits like creating positive energy and personal awakening. It references data from the National Alliance on Mental Health indicating that approximately one in five U.S. adults experience mental illness annually, and specifically recognizes Hima Dalal, an integrative occupational therapist with 44 years of experience who emphasizes holistic healing through Eastern complementary therapies. The resolution aims to promote understanding of these wellness practices and honors the work of occupational therapists during Occupational Therapy Month, with a final provision that a copy of the resolution be presented to the event's organizers.

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