Geriatrics & gerontology international
October 1, 2015
Márcia De Fátima Rosas Marchiori, Elisa Harumi Kozasa, Roberto Dischinger Miranda et al.
The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of Zen meditation on blood pressure (BP) and quality of life in elderly subjects. A total of 59 volunteers (21 men and 38 women), aged ≥60 years with systolic BP between 130 and 159 mmHg and diastolic BP between 85 and 99 mmHg, were randomly divided into a meditation group (MG), n = 28 and a control group (CG), n = 31. The MG meditated twice a day...
Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade
June 22, 2012
Joel L Amato, Pedro Piovezan Barbosa, Natasha Liberatoscioli Dias Geocze et al.
Introdução: A meditação Loving-Kindness (LKM), também conhecida como meditação de compaixão (CM), ou Mettã pelos praticantes do Budismo, é uma prática que visa cultivar e desenvolver sentimentos de amor incondicional, empatia, bondade e compaixão em relação a si mesmo, outras pessoas e, eventualmente, em relação a todas as formas de vida. Objetivo: Fazer um levantamento dos benefícios já...
Psychological Reports
August 1, 2008
Elisa Harumi Kozasa, Ruth Ferreira Santos, Adriana Dourado Rueda et al.
Siddha Samadhi Yoga is a program in which meditation is associated with pranayama (breathing exercises). 22 volunteers with anxiety complaints (M age = 42.8 yr., SD = 10.3) were assigned to two groups: 14 attended the yoga group, and 8 attended a waiting-list or control group. They were evaluated before the intervention and 1 month after it on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Beck...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
March 4, 2008
Marcello Arias Dias Danucalov, Roberto Serafim Simões, Elisa Harumi Kozasa et al.
The novelty of this study was to investigate the changes in cardiorespiratory and metabolic intensity brought about by the practice of pranayamas (breathing exercises of yoga) and meditation during the same hatha-yoga session. The technique applied was the one advocated by the hatha-yoga system. Nine yoga instructors-five females and four males, mean age of 44+/-11, 6, were subjected to...