Short‐term Sahaja Yoga meditation training modulates brain structure and spontaneous activity in the executive control network
Brain and Behavior November 28, 2018 Alessandra Dodich, Maurizio Zollo, Chiara Crespi et al. 44 citations
A four-week Sahaja Yoga meditation training in meditation-naïve healthy adults increased gray matter density and altered the coherence of intrinsic brain activity in two adjacent regions of the right inferior frontal gyrus, which are part of the executive control network. These changes correlated with self-reported well-being scores in the meditation group. The findings suggest that brief meditation training can impact brain regions associated with attention, self-control, and self-awareness, possibly reflecting the engagement of cognitive control skills in the search for a state of mental silence.