Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

4 papers found

• 1990· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Walton, K. G.; Brown, G. M.; Pugh, N.; MacLean, C.; and Gelderloos, P. Indole-mediated adaptation: Does melatonin mediate resistance to stress in humans? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16: 273, 1990.

  This study found that participants in the Transcendental Meditation program had lower levels of melatonin turnover; high melatonin turnover was found associated with high stress.

  • Biochemical: Lower Melatonin Turnover, Associated with Lower Stress
• 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
  • + 2 more findings
• 2004· Annals of the New York Academy of Science· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Walton, K.G.; Fields, J.Z.; Levitsky, D.K.; Harris, D.A.; Pugh, N.D.; and Schneider, R.H. Lowering cortisol and CVD risk in postmenopausal women: A pilot study using the Transcendental Meditation program. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1032: 211–215, 2004.

  Older women participating in the Transcendental Meditation program were found to have reduced cortisol response to a metabolic stressor, in contrast to matched control subjects. Length of time participating in the Transcendental Meditation program was also found to be correlated with lower cardiovascular risk factors among this group.

  • Response to Stress: Lower Cortisol Response to Stress
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Lower Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Correlated with Length of Practice of Transcendental Meditation