Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

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• 2019· Complementary Therapies in Medicine· Research Review
  Gathright, Emily C.; Salmoirago-Blotcher, Elena; DeCosta, Julie; Balletto, Brittany L.; Donahue, Marissa L.; Feulner, Melissa M.; Cruess, Dean G.; Wing, Rena R.; Carey, Michael P.; Scott-Sheldon, Lori A. J. (2019). The impact of transcendental meditation on depressive symptoms and blood pressure in adults with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 172–179.

  Meta-analysis of nine studies involving 851 adults with cardiovascular disease or hypertension found no significant TM advantage over controls for blood pressure or depressive symptoms. Within-group blood-pressure improvements do not establish a TM-specific benefit.

  • Review Paper—Health: No significant pooled between-group advantage for systolic or diastolic blood pressure; reductions were found within TM groups.
  • Review Paper—Psychology: Depressive symptoms did not significantly improve in pooled analyses.
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• 1986· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Price, S. Gowing. What does the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field mean for social work? A study in Australia. Unpublished Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) Thesis, University of Sydney, 1986.

  This study found that during a period in January 1983 when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi program, including Yogic Flying, reached the square root of one per cent of the population of Australia, there was a significant improvement in the quality of national life in Australia, as measured by reduced fatal traffic accidents, reduced unemployment, and increased value of a stock market index.

  • Sociological—Reduced Accidents: Improved Quality of National Life: Reduced Fatal Traffic Accidents (Australia, January 1983)
  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Reduced Unemployment (Australia, January 1983)
  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Increased Value of Stock Market Index (Australia, January 1983)
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