Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 1990· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Walton, K. G.; Gelderloos, P.; Pugh, N.; Macrae, P.; Goddard, P.; MacLean, C.; and Levitsky, D. Stress and serotonin turnover in normal subjects: relation to serotonin deficiencies in mental disorders. Abstract presented at the 5th International Congress of Psychophysiology, Budapest, Hungary, 9-13 July, 1990.

  This study found that participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program showed higher levels of whole body serotonin turnover and less mood disturbance. In general, higher levels of whole body serotonin were correlated with less anxiety, less depression, less aggression, and less impulsiveness.

  • Biochemical: Higher Whole Body Serotonin Turnover
  • Psychological Health: Less Mood Disturbance
  • Biochemical: Higher Levels of Whole Body Serotonin Turnover Correlated with Less Anxiety, Less Depression, Less Aggression, and Less Impulsiveness
• 1995· The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Walton, K. G.; Pugh, N. D. C.; Gelderloos, P.; Macrae, P. Stress reduction and preventing hypertension: preliminary support for a psychoneuroendocrine mechanism. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 1: 263–283, 1995.

  This study found that individuals practicing the Transcendental Meditation program display psychoneuroendocrine patterns characteristic of lower stress, with implications for the prevention of hypertension.

  • Biochemical: Lower Excretion of Cortisol and Aldosterone
  • Biochemical: Higher Excretion of Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate and Serotonin Metabolite 5-HIAA
  • Biochemical: Lower Excretion of Sodium, Calcium, Zinc, and Sodium/Potassium Ratio
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