Scientific Research Database
Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs
As taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
605 papers · 1,608 findings · 153 journals · 1970–2011
4 papers found
- 1975· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1Blackwell, B.; Hanenson, I. B.; Bloomfield, S. S.; Magenheim, H. G.; Nidich, S. I.; and Gartside, P. Effects of Transcendental Meditation on blood pressure: A controlled pilot experiment. Psychosomatic Medicine 37(1): 86 (abstract), 1975.
Blood pressure and anxiety decreased in hypertensive patients after they began the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.
- Health—Cardiovascular: Decreased Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Subjects
- Psychological Health: Decreased State Anxiety
- 1976· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 2Kanellakos, D. P.; Rigby, B. P.; Bloomfield, H. H.; Charles, B. M.; Clements, G.; Davis, B. V.; and Mead, G. Enlightenment for ideal rehabilitation: Expansion of consciousness as the basis of the restoration of Creative Intelligence. The effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation Programme for rehabilitation. Rheinweiler, W. Germany: MERU Press, 1976. Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Drug Dependency, Liverpool, England, 6 April 1976.
The authors propose that the development of enlightenment through the Transcendental Meditation program is the ideal means of rehabilitation. Scientific research on Transcendental Meditation is examined in the light of its application for the restoration of the full creative intelligence of the individual.
- Review Paper—Rehabilitation: Review Paper—Criminal Rehabilitation
- 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1Bloomfield, H. H. Some observations on the uses of the Transcendental Meditation Program in psychiatry. Institute of Psychophysiological Medicine, San Diego, California, USA, 1975.
The Transcendental Meditation program was shown to be a valuable aid in the treatment of patients with various mental disorders.
- Psychological Health: Case Histories Illustrating Benefits in the Treatment of Psychiatric Patients with a Variety of Disorders, Including Anxiety Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis, Depression, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Psychosomatic Disorders, and Chronic Insomnia
- 1978· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 2Bloomfield, H. H.; and Kory, R. The Transcendental Meditation Program, spiritual crisis and enlightenment. Findings also published in Holistic way to health and happiness, pp. 243–259. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.
The Transcendental Meditation program is seen to be a systematic means to develop integration of personality, leading to higher states of consciousness.
- Psychological Health: Resolution of Spiritual Crisis through Development of Higher States of Consciousness