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Complementary health practice review April 1, 1996 R. Schaub 2 citations
This is the second of three articles to establish a foundation of meditation practice for adult development. In the context of these articles, meditation is seen as a preventative method with menta...
International Journal of Lexicography March 1, 1996 Rainer Bischoff
An explanation of the meaning of the word Vipassanā in Theravāda Buddhism with reference to the entry of the word in the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series. The entry is not quite precise and could be corrected easily. Some new citations are also suggested, and an improved definition is proposed.
Physiology & Behavior March 1, 1996 R Jevning, R Anand, M Biedebach et al.
Previous blood flow measurements in this laboratory have indicated increased nonrenal nonhepatic blood flow during behaviorally induced rest states, especially during the stylized mental technique of transcendental meditation (TM). We have hypothesized that increased cerebral blood flow (CBF) may account for most of the increased nonrenal nonhepatic blood flow during TM. In this report we...
American Journal of Health Promotion 1996 R E Herron, S L Hillis, J V Mandarino et al.
This study evaluated whether governmental medical payments in Quebec were affected by the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. This retrospective study used a pre- and postintervention design in which government payments for physicians' services were reviewed for 3 years before and up to 7 years after subjects started the technique. Payment data were adjusted for aging and year-specific...
British journal of sports medicine December 1995 Erik E Solberg, R Halvorsen, J Sundgot-Borgen et al.
To test the hypothesis that stress reducing techniques such as meditation alter immune responses after strenous physical stress. The hypothesis was tested by studying six meditating and six non-meditating male runners in a concurrent, controlled design. After a period of six months with meditation for the experimental group, blood samples were taken immediately before and after a maximum oxygen...
Perceptual and Motor Skills October 1, 1995 D Orme-Johnson
This comment on Persinger's paper published in this journal in 1994 includes 4 studies not cited by Persinger. Each supports the inference of better health of those who practice Transcendental Meditation.
Patient education and counseling September 1995 D Sutorius
Laughter is a very special phenomenon. Unfortunately, its (psycho)therapeutic value is underestimated and its transforming force is not used to its full extent. Next to spontaneous laughter, there is also a laughing meditation, a structured exercise of 15 min with 3 stages: stretching, laughing (and/or crying), silence. The laughing meditation can be used as 'adjuvans' in all kinds of therapy...
Buddhist Studies Review June 15, 1995 Amadeo Solé-Leris
Meditation. The Buddhist Way of Tranquillity and Insight. Kamalashila. Windhorse Publications, Glasgow 1992. 288 pp. £11.99.
Biological Psychology June 1, 1995 J L Harte, G H Eifert, R Smith
The relations between three hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, beta-endorphin (beta-EP), corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and cortisol, and mood change were examined in 11 elite runners and 12 highly trained mediators matched in age, sex, and personality. Despite metabolic differences between running and meditation, we predicted that mood change after these...
Medical Hypotheses April 1, 1995 A N Elias, A F Wilson
Transcendental mediation (TM) is a stylized form of physical and mental relaxation which is associated with changes in the secretion and release of several pituitary hormones. The hormonal changes induced by TM mimic the effects of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is hypothesized that TM produces changes in pituitary hormone secretion by enhancing hypothalamic...