Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

4 papers found

• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 2
  Brown, M. Higher education for higher consciousness: A study of students at Maharishi International University. Doctoral thesis (summary), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, 1976. Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 38(2): 649A, 1977.

  Students at Maharishi International University were found to be more intellectually oriented, more altruistic and psychologically stable, and more committed to higher education than students at the University of California at Berkeley and students at a private arts college, even though they represent the typical heterogeneity of students attending large public universities.

  • Academic Performance: Greater Commitment to Higher Education among Students
  • Academic Performance: Greater Interest in Academic Activities among Students
  • Self Development: Greater Commitment to Personal Development among Students
  • + 11 more findings
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Browne, G. E.; Fougère, D.; Roxburgh, A.; Bird, J.; and Lovell-Smith, H. D. Improved mental and physical health and decreased use of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs through the Transcendental Meditation Programme. Age of Enlightenment Medical Council, Christchurch, New Zealand; Heylen Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; and Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1983.

  Immediate and cumulative benefits for mental and physical health, and reduced use of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs were reported to result from the Transcendental Meditation program. The greatest improvements were reported by regular practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • Health—General: Improvements in Physical and Mental Health Correlated with Duration and Regularity of Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program
  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Use of Alcohol
  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Use of Cigarettes
  • + 2 more findings
• 1990· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Walton, K. G.; Brown, G. M.; Pugh, N.; MacLean, C.; and Gelderloos, P. Indole-mediated adaptation: Does melatonin mediate resistance to stress in humans? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16: 273, 1990.

  This study found that participants in the Transcendental Meditation program had lower levels of melatonin turnover; high melatonin turnover was found associated with high stress.

  • Biochemical: Lower Melatonin Turnover, Associated with Lower Stress
• 2000· The American Journal of Cardiology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Cunningham, Charles; Brown, Sue; and Kaski, Juan Carlos. Effects of Transcendental Meditation on symptoms and electrocardiographic changes in patients with cardiac syndrome X. American Journal of Cardiology 85: 653–655, 2000.

  Individuals with cardiac syndrome X who learned the Transcendental Meditation program evidenced after three months reduced frequency of angina episodes, improved cardiac response to exercise, and improved quality of life.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Reduced Frequency of Angina Episodes
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Improved Response to Exercise: Increased Time to ST Depression, Decreased Maximum ST-Segment Depression
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Improved Quality of Life among Cardiovascular Patients
  • + 1 more findings