A comparison of somatic relaxation and EEG activity in classical progressive relaxation and transcendental meditation.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine March 1980 Stephen Warrenburg, Robert R. Pagano, M Woods et al.
Oxygen consumption, electroencephalogram (EEG), and four other measures of somatic relaxation were monitored in groups of long-term practitioners of classical Jacobson's progressive relaxation (PR) and Transcendental Meditation (TM) and also in a group of novice PR trainees. All subjects (1) practiced relaxation or meditation (treatment), (2) sat with eyes closed (EC control), and (3) read from...