Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

14 papers found

• 1973· Clinical Research· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Honsberger, R. W.; and Wilson, A. F. The effect of Transcendental Meditation upon bronchial asthma. Clinical Research 21: 278 (abstract), 1973.

  The Transcendental Meditation technique appeared to be beneficial in the treatment of bronchial asthma.

  • Health—Respiratory: Improvements in Patients with Bronchial Asthma: Decreased Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Bronchial Asthma Reported by Patients and Physicians
  • Health—Respiratory: Reduced Airway Resistance in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
• 1973· Respiratory Therapy: The Journal of Inhalation Technology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Honsberger, R. W.; and Wilson, A. F. Transcendental Meditation in treating asthma. Respiratory Therapy: The Journal of Inhalation Technology 3: 79–80, 1973.

  Bronchial asthma improved in people practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • Health—Respiratory: Decreased Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
  • Health—Respiratory: Reduced Airway Resistance in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
• 1975· Respiration· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Wilson, A. F.; Honsberger, R. W.; Chiu, J. T.; and Novey, H. S. Transcendental Meditation and asthma. Respiration 32: 74–80, 1975.

  The Transcendental Meditation program was beneficial in the treatment of bronchial asthma.

  • Health—Respiratory: Decreased Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Bronchial Asthma Reported by Patients and Physicians
  • Health—Respiratory: Reduced Airway Resistance in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
• 1976· Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie (Behavior: Journal for Psychology)· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Berg, W. P. van den; and Mulder, B. Psychological research on the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on a number of personality variables. Findings also published in Gedrag: Tijdschrift voor Psychologie (Behavior: Journal for Psychology) 4: 206–218, 1976, and DIJK, H. VAN; and Berg, W. P. van den. Begripsvaliditeit van de NPV Zelfwaarderings-schaal. Heymans Bulletins, Psychologische lnstituten R.U., Groningen, the Netherlands, NR: HB-74-147 Ex.

  Subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique were found to develop in self-esteem, ego-strength, satisfaction, and self-actualization.

  • Psychological Health: Decreased Sense of Physical Inadequacy
  • Psychological Health: Decreased Neuroticism
  • Self Development: Greater Self-Esteem
  • + 7 more findings
• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Zamarra, J. W.; Besseghini, I.; and Wittenberg, S. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on the exercise performance of patients with angina pectoris. Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, and Buffalo Veterans Administration Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA, 1975.

  Patients with angina pectoris were found to have an improved tolerance to exercise after participating in the Transcendental Meditation program for eight months. Improvements included an ability to exercise for longer periods and to endure a higher work load.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Improved Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Angina Pectoris
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Increased Maximum Workload in Patients with Angina Pectoris
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Delayed Appearance of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities during Exercise (Delayed Onset of ST Segment Depression) in Patients with Angina Pectoris
  • + 1 more findings
• 1979· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Heidelberg, R. Transzendentale Meditation in der geburtshilflichen Psychoprophylaxe. Doctoral thesis (summary), Medical Faculty, Free University of Berlin, West Berlin, W. Germany, 1979.

  Expectant mothers practicing Transcendental Meditation experienced less pain and fewer complaints during pregnancy, less pain and anxiety during labor, a shorter duration of labor, and a lower frequency of vacuum and forceps deliveries and other operations as compared with a control group. Breast-feeding was more frequent and continued for a longer period in mothers practicing Transcendental Meditation.

  • Health—General: Fewer Medical Complaints during Pregnancy
  • Health—General: Less Pain and Anxiety during Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Health—General: Shorter Duration of Labor during Childbirth
  • + 2 more findings
• 1979· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Wallace, R. K.; Dillbeck, M. C.; and Kay Rosenberg, N. Recent biochemical and physiological research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Clinical and epidemiological applications. Center for the Study of Higher States of Consciousness, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Paper presented at the American Psychiatric Association, 132nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 17 May 1979.

  This paper provides an extensive discussion of electrophysiological and biochemical research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, including some interesting findings on EEG coherence not previously reported in the literature. Research is reviewed from the theoretical perspective of the nature of consciousness and the principles of its development as systematically expounded by Maharishi in the Science of Creative Intelligence. The authors emphasize the value of Maharishi's insights in relation to some major constructs within psychiatry and discuss important clinical and epidemiological applications of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Review Paper—Physiology: Review Paper—Electrophysiological and Biochemical Research
• 1983· Ugeskrift for Læger· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Rasmussen, S. G.; Jensen, M. R.; and Rodenberg, J. Præsentation af en sundhedsmodel. Ugeskrift for Læger 145(24): 1900–1902, 1983.

  This paper presents the Transcendental Meditation program as the means for developing a state of perfect health, thereby bringing fulfillment to the medical sciences.

  • Review Paper—Health: Theoretical and Review Paper—Health
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 2
  Boese, E.; and Berger, K. Psychological effects of Transcendental Meditation. Department of Behavioral Science, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, 1971.

  Marked decreases in both the number of life situations felt to be a problem and the number of serious problems experienced, as well as improvements in self-image and decreases in hostility, were found in subjects practicing Transcendental Meditation over a six-week period.

  • Psychological Health: Decreased Number of Situations in Life Felt to Be a Problem
  • Psychological Health: Decreased Number of Serious Problems Experienced
  • Self Development: Improved Self-Image; Decreased Hostility
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, M. C.; Cavanaugh, K. L.; and Berg, W. P. van den. The effect of the group dynamics of consciousness on society: Reduced crime in the Union Territory of Delhi, India. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; and Maharishi European Research University, Seelisberg, Switzerland, 1983.

  A reduction in crime was found in the Union Territory of Delhi, India over a five-month period as a result of the collective practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Sociological—Reduced Crime: Decreased Crime (Union Territory of Delhi, India, 1980–1981)
• 1989· Modern Science and Vedic Science· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Gelderloos, P.; and Berg, W. P. van den. Maharishi’s TM-Sidhi program: Participating in the infinite creativity of nature to enliven the totality of the cosmic psyche in all aspects of life. Modern Science and Vedic Science 2: 373–412, 1989.

  This paper introduces Maharishi's TM-Sidhi program as the technique to enliven the self-interacting dynamics of consciousness in the awareness of the individual, thus accelerating growth of higher states of consciousness. Scientific research demonstrates that this practice enhances neurophysiological integration and improves psychological functioning. Sociological research also indicates that the group practice of the TM-Sidhi program creates coherence in collective consciousness, resulting in improved quality of life in society.

  • Theoretical Paper—Consciousness: Theoretical and Review Paper—TM-Sidhi program
• 1994· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Wenneberg, S. R.; Schneider, R. H.; MacLean, C. R. K.; Levitsky, D. K.; Walton, K. G.; Mandarino, J.; and Waziri, R. The effect of Transcendental Meditation on ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity. Psychosomatic Medicine 56: 168, 1994 (Abstract).

  A randomized longitudinal study of ambulatory blood pressure (monitoring of blood pressure during the day’s activity) found that those who learned the Transcendental Meditation program showed a reduction of mean ambulatory diastolic blood pressure, to lower normal levels, without loss of blood pressure reactivity.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Decreased Mean Diastolic Ambulatory Blood Pressure
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Maintenance of Blood Pressure Reactivity
• 1997· Psychoneuroendocrinology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  MacLean, C. R. K.; Walton, K. G.; Wenneberg, S. R.; Levitsky, D. K.; Mandarino, J. P.; Waziri, R.; Hillis, S. L.; and Schneider, R. H. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on adaptive mechanisms: Changes in hormone levels and responses to stress after 4 months of practice. Psychoneuroendocrinology 22: 277–295, 1997.

  This experimental study found that those who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, in contrast to controls who took a stress education class, showed after four months of practice a more adaptive response to stress, as measured by increased cortisol responsiveness to stressors together with reduced basal cortisol and reduced average cortisol. Findings on other hormones also differen­tiated the Transcendental Meditation and stress education groups.

  • Response to Stress: More Adaptive Pattern of Cortisol in Relation to Stress: Decreased Basal Cortisol and Average Cortisol, Increased Cortisol Responsiveness to Stressors
  • Response to Stress: Response to Stressors Different than Controls for Other Hormones (Growth Hormone and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)
• 1997· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Wenneberg, S. R.; Schneider, R. H.; Walton, K. G.; Maclean C. R.; Levitsky, D. K.; Salerno, J. W.; Wallace, R. K.; Mandarino, J. V.; Rainforth, M. V.; and Waziri, R. A controlled study of the effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on cardiovascular reactivity and ambulatory blood pressure. International Journal of Neuroscience 89: 15–28, 1997.

  Individuals randomly assigned to learn the Transcendental Meditation program showed a significant reduction of average ambulatory diastolic blood pressure over a period of four months in contrast to control subjects randomly assigned to participate in a stress education program.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Reduction in Ambulatory Diastolic Blood Pressure