Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1989· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Gaylord, C.; Orme-Johnson, D.; and Travis, F. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique and progressive muscle relaxation on EEG coherence, stress reactivity, and mental health in black adults. International Journal of Neuroscience 46: 77–86, 1989.

  Participants in the Transcendental Meditation program increased in EEG coherence during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. Meditators also decreased in neuroticism and anxiety, and increased in mental health over the one-year study period.

  • Psychological Health: Improved Mental Health
  • Psychological Health: Decreased Anxiety
  • Psychological Health: Decreased Neuroticism
  • + 2 more findings
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Gaylord, C.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Willbanks, M.; Travis, F.; Rainforth, M.; and Reynolds, B. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on self-concept and EEG coherence in black college students. Findings presented at the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science, Storm Lake, Iowa, USA, April 1989. Findings also published in abstract insert in The Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 96(1), A31–A32, 1989.

  Subjects who learned the Transcendental Meditation program increased significantly on self-concept, mental health, and EEG coherence.

  • Self Development: Improved Self-Concept: Increased Self-Satisfaction
  • Self Development: Improved Self-Concept: Increased Moral-Ethical Self
  • Self Development: Improved Self-Concept: Improved Personal Self
  • + 4 more findings
• 1995· Hypertension· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Schneider, R. H.; Staggers, F.; Alexander, C. N.; Sheppard, W.; Rainforth, M.; Kondwani, K.; Smith, S.; and King, C. G. A randomized controlled trial of stress reduction for hypertension in older African Americans. Hypertension 26: 820–827, 1995.

  Hypertensive individuals who learned the Transcendental Meditation program displayed reductions of high systolic and diastolic blood pressure after three months, in comparison to those practicing muscle relaxation and in comparison to controls receiving education about lowering blood pressure through modifying their lifestyle.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Reduction of High Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Subjects