Toomey et al., 1989
Toomey, M.; Chalmers, R.; and Clements, G. The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme and reversal of the ageing process: A longitudinal study. MERU Research Institute, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England, 1983.
Longitudinal reductions in biological age were observed in participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Over an eighteen-month period, average biological age decreased from 7.5 years younger than chronological age to 10.6 years younger. Duration of practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program was correlated with the degree to which both biological and functional ages were younger than chronological age.
- Year
- 1989
- Publication type
- Collected Papers
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 1878–1884
- Section
- Health
Findings (5)
Health—Aging
Longitudinal Reduction in Biological Age
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Younger Biological Age Compared with Norms
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Length of Time Practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program Correlated with Younger Biological Age and Younger Functional Age
TM-Sidhi program · Correlation/regression study · TM-Sidhi
Health—Cardiovascular
Decreased Systolic Blood Pressure
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Perceptual Acuity
Improved Auditory Threshold
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Authors
- Michael Toomey, BSc
MERU Research Institute, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Roger Chalmers, MA MB Bchir
MERU Research Institute, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Geoffrey Clements, DPhil
MERU Research Institute, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England, UK