Short-term autonomic and cardiovascular effects of mindfulness body scan meditation
Annals of Behavioral Medicine November 15, 2006 Blaine Ditto, Marie Eclache, Natalie Goldman 357 citations
BACKGROUND: Recent research suggests that the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program has positive effects on health, but little is known about the immediate physiological effects of different components of the program. PURPOSE: To examine the short-term autonomic and cardiovascular effects of one of the techniques employed in mindfulness meditation training, a basic body scan meditation....