 |
|
Meditation Impacts Blood Pressure, Study Shows
March 17, 2008Transcendental Meditation is an effective treatment for controlling high blood pressure with the added benefit of bypassing possible side effects and hazards of anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new meta-analysis conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.
The meta-analysis evaluated nine randomized, controlled trials using Transcendental Meditation as a primary intervention for hypertensive patients. The practice of Transcendental Meditation was associated with approximate reductions of 4.7 mm systolic blood pressure and 3.2 mm diastolic blood pressure.
The study's lead author, Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, said that blood pressure reductions of this magnitude would be expected to be accompanied by significant reductions in risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease-without drug side effects. Anderson's most recent findings reinforce an earlier study that found Transcendental Meditation produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that was not found with other forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback or stress management.
"Adding Transcendental Medication is about equivalent to adding a second antihypertension agent to one's current regimen only safer and less troublesome," Anderson said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 out of 3 American adults have high blood pressure. Having high blood pressure increases one's chances of developing heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.
University of Kentucky
"Adding Transcendental Medication is about equivalent to adding a second antihypertension agent to one's current regimen only safer and less troublesome," Anderson said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 out of 3 American adults have high blood pressure. Having high blood pressure increases one's chances of developing heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.
University of Kentucky
Science News and Science Current Events Tag Cloud
This tag cloud is a visual representation of term frequencies of random science news topics with common terms grouped together and emphasized by their display size.
Incontinence Supernovae Spinal Cord Aging Occupational Therapy Estrogen therapy Bison Lung Injury HPV vaccine Sexual Abuse Sickle Cell Quantum Dot Hiv Testing Food Safety Particle Accelerator Menopause Bad Breath Delirium Infection Water Molecules Avian influenza Intelligence Nitric Oxide Stress Sturgeon
See More: Science News Tags
Meditation Current Events and Meditation News RSSMeditation may be an effective treatment for insomnia
Meditation may be an effective behavioral intervention in the treatment of insomnia.
Of body and mind, and deep meditation
Chinese researchers have unlocked the mechanism of an emerging mind-body technique that produces measurable changes in attention and stress reduction in just five days of practice.
How to build a bigger brain
Push-ups, crunches, gyms, personal trainers - people have many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But what can one do to build a bigger brain?
Study Suggests Buddhist Deity Meditation Temporarily Augments Visuospatial Abilities
Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now evidence that a specific method of meditation may temporarily boost our visuospatial abilities (for example, the ability to retain an image in visual memory for a long time).
Researchers discover ways of integrating treatment of traumatized Tibetan refugee monks
The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived in Boston suffering from symptoms of traumatic stress, interfering with their meditative practice.
Transcendental Meditation buffers students against college stress: Study
Transcendental Meditation may be an effective non-medicinal tool for students to buffer themselves against the intense stresses of college life, according to a new study to be published in the February 24 issue of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Psychophysiology.
Study finds Zen meditation alleviates pain
Zen meditation - a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance - may reduce pain according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Medicine reports that Zen meditators have lower pain sensitivity both in and out of a meditative state compared to non-meditators.
Transcendental meditation reduces ADHD symptoms among students: New study
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective and safe non-pharmaceutical aid for treating ADHD, according to a promising new study published this month in the peer-reviewed online journal Current Issues in Education.
Selflessness - The Core of All Major World Religions - Has Neuropsychological Connection, MU Study Finds
All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist.
Mix of taiji, cognitive therapy and support groups benefits those with dementia
Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers report. Some of the benefits of this approach are comparable to those achieved with anti-dementia medications.
More Meditation Current Events and Meditation News Articles
 |
Meditation for Beginners Starring: Maritza Directed By: Ted Landon Also With: Bryan H. Shepard (Cinematographer), Benjamin Davis (Composer), Tom Seid (Editor) Mindful Meditation Anyone can learn to meditate and promote inner harmony clarity well-being and vitality. In Meditation for Beginners inspiring yoga and meditation teacher Maritza guides a step-by-step practice of mindfulness and shows you how to inwardly focus your mind to release patterns of tension and anxiety that block your vital force. Maritza helps you create your own inner sanctuary with a 15-minute yoga practice to prepare body mind and attention for two 20-minute guided relaxation and meditation sessions. DVD offers additional on-screen instruction pose guide and interview with Martiza. An excellent program for those with no prior meditation experience.System Requirements:Running Time 90 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 029956100008 Manufacturer No: 127-1284 |
 |
The Soul of Healing Meditations by Deepak Chopra M.D., Deepak Chopra Featuring the soothing narration of Deepak Chopra over the trancelike music of Adam Plack, The Soul of Healing Meditations serves as an introduction to meditation for neophytes and as a more advanced tool to help overcome a physical ailment and/or emotional toxicity. That may make it sound like a digital elixir, but as Chopra says in his liner notes: "We like to tell our patients (at the Chopra Center for Well Being) that the body is the best pharmacy in the world and is capable of making wonder drugs." His message here is that one can naturally prevail over serious life challenges by becoming more attuned to one's body--by relaxing and filtering out the external world, focusing on and influencing internal sensations and biorhythms, and banishing negative thoughts and focusing on the... |
 |
8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. by Victor Davich (Author) In recent years, mainstream Americans have begun to come around to meditation in a big way-and scientific studies are suggesting that the physical and mental benefits are solid and real. But to many, it remains something mystical and inaccessible...and spiritually-oriented tomes on the market don't do much to make it easier. As interest in meditation continues to grow, this book offers a simple, no-nonsense program to help beginners experience reduced stress and increased focus in only eight minutes a day. Designed by meditation expert and bestselling author Victor Davich, this program teaches the basic principles of meditation while clearing up the misconceptions and myths that too often get in the way. |
 |
Salubrion Enso Clock Meditation Timer by Salubrion The Enso Clock is an innovative new meditation/yoga timer and clock. It allows for interval timing in which the user can set sequential timers that run one-after-the-other to compose an overall session. At the end of each interval or timer, one of several available soothing chimes is played. The Enso Clock's chimes are recorded from Tibetan and Japanese singing bowls as used in traditional meditation sessions. Using the latest audio technology, the Enso Clock's reproduction of the singing bowl chimes is very high quality and virtually indistinguishable from original. In addition to countdown timing, the Enso Clock can be used as an alarm clock, featuring the same soothing chimes. Enso, which means "circle" in Japanese, symbolizes enlightenment, elegance, and the universe. Traditionally,... |
 |
Desert Island - A Guided Meditation for Relaxation by Calmsound |
 |
The Secret Universal Mind Meditation by Kelly Howell (Author) The Secret Universal Mind Meditation imparts the sacred truth spiritual masters have taught for centuries. This truth is real and powerful. It starts by changing your belief system, slowly, subtly and gently while you sleep. As you are lulled into blissful slumber, secret messages are whispered into your ears--first audibly, and then just below the level of consciousness. Over days and weeks to come, your conscious and your subconscious mind will accept the secret as true. Without knowing how or why, everything you need and desire will come to you through communing with the Universal Mind. With this program you will overcome limiting, outmoded beliefs that have hindered your ability to create the life you've always wanted. While theta and delta waves gently lull you to... |
 |
Relaxation & Breathing for Meditation Starring: Rodney Yee A unique two-part program of supported yoga poses and breathing techniques to bring the body and mind to a state of stillness.PRODUCT DETAILSThe special DVD edition includes the complete two-part practice bonus guided restorative meditation and an in-depth interview with Rodney Yee.System Requirements:Running Time 85 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 029956013209 Manufacturer No: 120-1316 |
 |
Guided Meditations: For Calmness, Awareness, and Love by Bodhipaksa (Author) These three meditations from the Buddhist tradition will help you develop greater depths of calmness and self-awareness, and will help you to cultivate greater appreciation for yourself and lovingkindness for others. As is traditional in Buddhism, these guided meditations do not contain musical accompaniment. |
 |
Tibetan Chakra Meditations by Oreade Music |
 |
Satori - Music For Yoga And Meditation by Riley Lee, Gabriel Lee The CD's liner notes define satori as "the indescribable experience of sudden, intuitive spiritual realization." That may be, yet unless you are a serious student of yoga or a fan of its ancient musical traditions, you may struggle to reach such a state while listening to these improvisations for shakuhachi flute (Riley Lee) and koto (Gabriel Lee, no relation). The recording's mood is almost somber and contrasts noticeably with Oriental Sunrise and Sanctuary, two splendid Riley Lee discs that offer a broader, more expressive tonal range. Here a stronger Oriental mood is conveyed, and the notion of stillness is pursued with such earnestness that the final result (to Occidental ears) is ultimately a state of inertia. While composers sometimes refer to the use of silence as an overt creative... |
| © 2009 BrightSurf.com |