Frontiers in Psychology
July 14, 2023
Nirodhi Namika Dasanayaka, Nirmala Dushyanthi Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
Introduction: Telomeres are protective end caps of chromosomes which naturally shorten with each cell division and thus with age. Short telomeres have been associated with many age-related diseases. Meditation has come to the fore as a mind-body practice which could influence the telomere dynamics underlying these phenomena. We previously reported meditation to be associated with higher...
Sustainable development
April 3, 2023
Nirodhi Namika Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
1 citation
Many people suffer from stress and anxiety due to complex lifestyles. Stress is one of the main causes of various diseases. In addition, it causes a lower level of consciousness, quality of life, and a higher rate of cellular aging. Meditation becomes a trending topic to overcome these problems. Key terms including “Meditation,” “Mindfulness,” “Quality of life,” “Telomere,” and “Telomerase”...
Research Square
December 15, 2022
Nirodhi Namika Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
preprint
Abstract Practice of meditation has been suggested to improve telomere regulation. This case-control study compared the leucocyte telomere length (TL) and expression of hTERT and hTR genes, between thirty long-term, skilled meditators and thirty matched non-meditators. 63.34% of the participants were males and the average age of the meditators was 43.83±9.92 years. Meditators had practiced...
Frontiers in Psychology
March 4, 2022
Nirodhi Namika Dasanayaka, Nirmala Dushyanthi Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
Meditation involves psychophysical training which can result in a range of benefits including creating a calm mind and increasing self-awareness, relaxation, and tranquility. Increasing evidence, mostly based on short-term focused interventions, suggests that meditation-based activities may also have favorable effects on physical wellbeing including cellular aging. Hence, the aim of this study...
Systematic Reviews
May 21, 2021
Nirodhi N Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
Background: Meditation-based practices have been suggested to result in many biological benefits which include reduction of attrition of telomeres, the protective nucleotide-protein complexes at termini of eukaryotic chromosomes. This systematic review evaluated the effects of meditation on telomere length (TL) in healthy adults. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational...