Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1976· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 2
  Kanellakos, 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
• 1999· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Barnes, V. A.; Treiber, F. A.; Turner, J. R.; Davis, H.; and Strong, W. B. Acute effects of Transcendental Meditation on hemodynamic functioning in middle-aged adults. Psychosomatic Medicine 61: 525–531, 1999.

  Individuals practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique showed reduced systolic blood pressure and reduced peripheral vasoconstriction (total peripheral resistance) during the practice, in contrast to controls sitting with eyes closed. The participants in the Transcendental Meditation program, in contrast to the control group, also showed reduced systolic blood pressure and reduced peripheral vasoconstriction during an eyes-open rest period prior to meditation or rest. Changes in vasoconstriction during Transcendental Meditation may be responsible for reduced blood pressure.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Decreased Systolic Blood Pressure during Eyes-Open Rest Prior to Transcendental Meditation in Contrast to Controls
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Decreased Peripheral Vasoconstriction during Eyes-Open Rest Prior to Transcendental Meditation in Contrast to Controls
  • During the Practice—Cardiovascular: Decreased Systolic Blood Pressure during the Transcendental Meditation technique
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• 2004· American Journal of Hypertension· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Barnes, V.A.; Treiber, F.A.; Johnson, M.H. Impact of Transcendental Meditation on ambulatory blood pressure in African-American adolescents. American Journal of Hypertension 17: 366–369, 2004.

  Adolescents with high normal blood pressure who were randomly assigned to learn the Transcendental Meditation program, in contrast to a health education control group, showed greater decreases of ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressure over a four-month period.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Reduction of High Blood Pressure During Daily Activity