International Journal of Yoga
2019
Reshma Madhukar Shetkar, Alex Hankey, H R Nagendra et al.
Important stages of creativity include preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Earlier studies have reported that some techniques of meditation promote creativity but have not specified which stage is enhanced. Here, we report the influence of cyclic meditation (CM) on creative cognition measured by a divergent thinking task. Our aim was to determine the degree of association...
International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)
June 1, 2016
Alex Hankey, Rashmi Shetkar
24 citations
A simple theory of health has recently been proposed: while poor quality regulation corresponds to poor quality health so that improving regulation should improve health, optimal regulation optimizes function and optimizes health. Examining the term 'optimal regulation' in biological systems leads to a straightforward definition in terms of 'criticality' in complexity biology, a concept that...
International Journal of Yoga
2011
SushilS Khemka, NagendraHongasandra Ramarao, Alex Hankey
32 citations
OBJECTIVE: Certain psychological and health variables are commonly measured in India. This study evaluates the effects of integral yoga practices on these variables and also the consistency of correlations observed between them. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was a pre-post intervention study. The variables were measured at the beginning and the end of a one-month yoga course. There was no...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
March 1, 2007
Alex Hankey
In the form of the Transcendental Meditation program CAM offers a method of eliminating deep-rooted stress, the efficacy of which has been demonstrated in several related studies. Any discussion of CAM and post-traumatic stress disorder should include a study of its application to Vietnam War Veterans in which improvements were observed on all variables, and several participants were able to...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
December 1, 2006
Alex Hankey
This article is the first of two comparing findings of studies of advanced practitioners of Tibetan Buddhist meditation in remote regions of the Himalayas, with established results on long-term practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation programs. Many parallel levels of improvement were found, in sensory acuity, perceptual style and cognitive function, indicating stabilization of aspects of...