Vipassana Meditation Practices Enhance the Parasympathetic Activity during Sleep: a Case-Control Study of Heart Rate Variability across Sleep Cycles
January 19, 2017 B. Kutty
1.1.Background:Sleep state related cardiac autonomic modulations are important for proper cardiovascular functions and to maintain homeostasis during sleep. The present study evaluates the efficacy of Vipassana meditation on cardio autonomic dynamicity across sleep cycles during sleep. 1.2.Methods:26 Senior Vipassana meditation practitioners and 23 non-meditating control subjects participated...