Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 1975· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Jevning, R.; Wilson, A.; Vanderlaan, E.; and Levine, S. Plasma prolactin and cortisol during Transcendental Meditation. Findings also published in The Endocrine Society Program 57th Annual Meeting, New York City, 18–20 June 1975, p. 257 (abstract).

  Plasma cortisol, an important biochemical indication of stress, decreased during the Transcendental Meditation technique, and plasma prolactin increased after the technique.

  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Decreased Plasma Cortisol
  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Small Increase in Plasma Prolactin Immediately following Practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique
• 1975· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Jevning, R.; Wilson, A. F.; and Smith, W. R. Plasma amino acids during the Transcendental Meditation technique: Comparison to sleep. Findings also published in Sleep Research, Vol. 4, ed. M. H. Chase, W. C. Stern, and P. L. Walter, pp. 79–80 (abstract). Los Angeles: Brain Information Service, Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1975.

  Plasma phenylalanine increased in long-term participants in the Transcendental Meditation program during the Transcendental Meditation technique, whereas other amino acids did not.

  • During the Practice—Biochemical: Increased Plasma Phenylalanine