Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1977· Physiology & Behavior· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 2
  Jevning, R.; Pirkle, H. C.; and Wilson, A. F. Behavioral alteration of plasma phenylalanine concentration. Physiology & Behavior 19: 611–614, 1977.

  Plasma phenylalanine concentration was found to increase during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, while no change was seen during ordinary relaxation.

  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Increased Plasma Phenylalanine
• 1985· Physiology & Behavior· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Jevning, R.; Wilson, A. F.; Pirkle, H.; Guich, S.; and Walsh, R. N. Modulation of red cell metabolism by states of decreased activation: Comparison between states. Physiology & Behavior 35: 679–682, 1985.

  This study showed lower aerobic lactate generation on the cellular level during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Marked Decline of Red Cell Metabolism in Comparison to Eyes-Closed Rest
  • During the Practice—Electrophysiological: Increased Galvanic Skin Resistance during the Transcendental Meditation Technique
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Jevning, R.; Wilson, A. F.; and Pirkle, H. C. Behavioral control of red blood cell metabolism. Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Pathology, University of California at Irvine, Orange, California, USA, 1981.

  Red blood cells taken from subjects during Transcendental Meditation were found to show a decrease in lactate production compared to red cells taken during a control period. This finding indicates a marked reduction in red cell glucose metabolism during Transcendental Meditation which is not observed in other physiological states and which is apparently mediated by a unique mechanism.

  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Reduced Glucose Metabolism in Red Blood Cells
  • During the Practice—Respiratory/Metabolic: Normal Arterial Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressures
  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Decreased Arterial Lactate