Jennifer Shephard

Neurocognitive and somatic components of temperature increases during g-tummo meditation: legend and reality.

PLoS One March 29, 2013 Maria Kozhevnikov, James Elliott, Jennifer Shephard et al.

Stories of g-tummo meditators mysteriously able to dry wet sheets wrapped around their naked bodies during a frigid Himalayan ceremony have intrigued scholars and laypersons alike for a century. Study 1 was conducted in remote monasteries of eastern Tibet with expert meditators performing g-tummo practices while their axillary temperature and electroencephalographic (EEG) activity were...