Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, M. C.; Mittlefehldt, V.; Lukenbach, A. P.; Childress, D.; Royer, A.; Westsmith, L.; and Orme-Johnson, D. W. A time series analysis of the relationship between the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program and crime rate change in Puerto Rico. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, and Maharishi International Caribbean, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 1984.

  Crime in Puerto Rico decreased when the number of individuals collectively practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program exceeded the square root of one percent of the island's population.

  • Sociological—Reduced Crime: Decreased Crime (Puerto Rico, 1984)
• 1994· Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Royer, A. The role of the Transcendental Meditation technique in promoting smoking cessation: a longitudinal study. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11: 221–239, 1994.

  The author found that those who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique and practiced it regularly showed significantly decreased cigarette consumption, as well as increased smoking quit rate. The proportion of subjects who either quit or decreased smoking was significantly related to regularity of practice of the Transcendental Meditation program. These effects were found to be long-lasting.

  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Cigarette Consumption
  • Health Promoting Behavior: Increased Smoking Quit Rate Over a Two-Year Period