Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

4 papers found

• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Farrow, J. T. Physiological changes associated with transcendental consciousness, the state of least excitation of consciousness. Psychophysiology Laboratory, Centre for the Study of Higher States of Consciousness, Maharishi European Research University, Switzerland, 1975.

  Clear experiences of transcendental consciousness during the Transcendental Meditation technique were correlated with markedly reduced respiration; decreased metabolic rate; a large drop in heart rate; cessation of phasic skin resistance activity; high basal skin resistance; high coherence of the EEG, particularly in the theta frequency band; and low EEG power.

  • During the Practice—Respiratory/Metabolic: Decreased Respiration Rate
  • During the Practice—Respiratory/Metabolic: Decreased Minute Volume
  • During the Practice—Respiratory/Metabolic: Reduction in Metabolic Rate (Decreased Oxygen Consumption and Decreased Carbon Dioxide Elimination)
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• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Lazar, Z.; Farwell, L.; and Farrow, J. T. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on anxiety, drug abuse, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption. Graduate School of Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, 1972.

  A marked reduction in anxiety and drug use was measured in subjects after they began the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. The reduction was even more marked in those who practiced the technique over longer periods of time, showing a cumulative effect.

  • Psychological Health: Decreased Anxiety
  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Drug Abuse
  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Use of Cigarettes
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• 1981· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Mills, W. W.; and Farrow, J. T. The Transcendental Meditation technique and acute experimental pain. Psychosomatic Medicine 43(2): 157–164, 1981.

  Practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique showed less distress associated with the experience of acute experimental pain than non-meditating control subjects. This finding is discussed in relation to the growth of higher states of consciousness.

  • Response to Stress: Reduced Pain-Related Distress
• 1982· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Farrow, J. T.; and Hebert, J. R. Breath suspension during the Transcendental Meditation technique. Psychosomatic Medicine 44(2): 133–153, 1982.

  Periods of breath suspension were found to be a frequent occurrence during Transcendental Meditation. These periods, together with low metabolic rate, reduced heart rate, increased autonomic stability and increased EEG coherence were found to be associated with the experience of pure consciousness during Transcendental Meditation.

  • During the Practice—Electrophysiological: Increased Basal Skin Resistance Associated with the Experience of Pure Consciousness
  • During the Practice—Electrophysiological: Stable Phasic Skin Resistance Associated with the Experience of Pure Consciousness
  • During the Practice—Brain Activity: Increased EEG Coherence in Theta, Alpha, and Beta Bands Associated with the Experience of Pure Consciousness
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