Role of meditation on the essence of self in the psychological profile, quality of life and lifestyle - a comparative study.
Paula Ricci Arantes, Tatiana Caccese Perrotti, Susan Andrews, Ernesto Sasaki Imakuma, Rosana Aparecida de Oliveira Maurelli, Emmanuel A Burdmann
Clinics 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2025.100682 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case-control study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 52 |
| Population | Experienced practitioners of Meditation on the Essence of Self and matched non-meditators |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Empathy Quality of life Resilience Mental health Stress management Lifestyle habits |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key findings | Experienced meditators had lower perceived stress, higher resilience, better empathic concern, and superior quality of life and lifestyle profiles compared to matched non-meditators. |
Abstract
Meditation has been shown to influence physical and psychological health and well-being, modulating stress response, resilience, emotional regulation, mood, empathy, compassion, and improving quality of life. The authors aim to characterize the psychosocial profile of experienced practitioners of Meditation on the Essence of Self, the Gurusakásha, whose technique is based on visualization and mantra from the Indian tantric tradition. Meditation experts (n = 23) were paired to an age-, gender- and educational level-matched control group (n = 29). Clinical data (presence of baseline diseases, use of medications, habits), stress level (PSS), resilience (CD-RISC), subjective mood states (VAMS), empathy (IRI), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), and general lifestyle profile (PEVI) were compared between groups. Experienced meditators had lower levels of perceived stress, and better scores on resilience, empathic concern, quality of life, and lifestyle profile suggesting that Meditation on the Essence of Self improves health and well-being. These results suggest that experienced meditators on the Essence of Self have higher levels of psychological well-being and quality of life when compared to non-meditators.
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Using Self-Report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness Undergraduate students | 2006 | Observational cohort | |
| Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders Patients with generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia | 1992 | Observational cohort | n = 22 |
| Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness Participants with extensive Insight meditation experience and matched controls | 2005 | Observational cohort | n = 20 |
| Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity Experienced meditators and matched meditation-naive controls | 2011 | Observational cohort | |
| Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice Long-term Buddhist practitioners and controls | 2004 | Observational cohort |
Citations in the library
Cites 11
- Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-being JAMA Internal Medicine January 6, 2014
- The neuroscience of meditation: classification, phenomenology, correlates, and mechanisms. Progress in Brain Research 2019
- Mindfulness Training: Can It Create Superheroes? Frontiers in Psychology March 26, 2019
- Quality of Life and Functional Health Status of Long-Term Meditators Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012
- Tantra and Modern Neurosciences: Is there any Correlation? Neurology India 2019
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