Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute
January 12, 2019
Paul Gelderloos, Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, Martin J. Frid et al.
Currently, 25 empirical articles published in independent peer-reviewed journals or in scholarly conference proceedings have reported that the collective, or group, practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM- Sidhi program enhances the societal quality of life and reduces violence, conflict, and war. The present study retrospectively investigated the impact of this program on U.S.-Soviet...
Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute
August 1, 2018
Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, Paul Gelderloos, Michael C. Dillbeck
This study empirically tests the hypothesis that during the years from 1979 to 1986, the Cold War climate of superpower relations was significantly improved through the reduction of global stress and tension produced by four large groups of experts practicing the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program, an advanced aspect of the Transcendental Meditation technique. The number of group...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
June 1, 1995
Kenneth G Walton, Nirmal D. Pugh, Paul Gelderloos et al.
161 citations
Our objective was to identify endocrine-related mechanisms capable of mediating preventive effects of stress reduction in hypertensive heart disease. Since beneficial effects of stress reduction accrue over time, this cross-sectional, descriptive study sought differences between healthy students not practicing a systematic technique for reducing stress (the average stress, or AS, group, n = 33)...
International Journal of the Addictions
1991
Paul Gelderloos, Kenneth G Walton, David W. Orme-Johnson et al.
81 citations
This article reviews 24 studies on the benefits of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in treating and preventing misuse of chemical substances. Studies cover noninstitutionalized users, participants in treatment programs, and prisoners with histories of heavy use. All the studies showed positive effects of the TM program. Some of the survey-type studies were unable to exclude the possibility of...