HeartMath Coherence Model Throws New Light on Arka Dhyana Intuitive Meditation.
Tina Lindhard, Caroll Hermann, Stephen D. Edwards
Healthcare September 5, 2021 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9091162 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Preliminary experimental study Qualitative Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 6 |
| Population | Six participants in an introductory Arka Dhyana (Intuitive Meditation) course offered to an international audience via Zoom |
| Intervention | Arka Dhyana (Intuitive Meditation) course |
| Measures | HeartMath Inner Balance, HeartMath emWave2 |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Embryogenesis Coherence Feeling Self Heartmath Levels of consciousness Heart centre Inner balance technology Inner being Intuitive meditation |
| Key findings | The authors report that six participants who learned to shift their level of consciousness as proposed by the Theory of the Six Main Levels of Consciousness showed highly significant increases in both HeartMath coherence and achievement. Qualitative statements involving feeling also point to increases in well-being and individual transformative experiences, with increased focus, stilling of the mind, and calming of emotions suggested as possible by-products. The authors state the study needs replication with a larger sample and further research on more advanced practitioners. |
Abstract
In an experimental evaluation of an introductory Arka Dhyana (Intuitive Meditation) course, HeartMath (HM) Inner Balance or emWave2 electronic technology showed highly significant increases in both coherence and achievement in six participants who learned how to change their level of consciousness as proposed by the Theory of the Six Main Levels of Consciousness. During the course, which was offered to an international audience via Zoom technology, participants intended to connect with their deeper self, being, or essence, by bringing their I-ego-awareness from the thinking mind, often associated with the frontal part of the brain, to 19 energetic stations in the body including the heart centre. Considering the results from the HeartMath Coherence Model viewpoint, it seems this intended shift leads to cardiovascular phase synchronicity and interconnection of various bodily subsystems, which is also comprehensible based on our bodily development during embryogenesis. Qualitative statements involving feeling also point to increases in well-being, indicating changes in levels and individual transformative experiences as predicted by the Theory of the Six Main Levels of Consciousness. Increased focus, stilling of the mind, and calming of emotions also seem to be health benefit by-products of Intuitive Meditation (IM), but further research on more advanced practitioners is needed. This preliminary study needs to be repeated using a bigger sample size and further research on more advanced IM practitioners is required.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |