Transcendental Meditation
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Benefits for health
Transcendental Meditation is the world’s most scientifically validated technique for decreasing stress, improving health, and reversing the effects of ageing.
What happens to the body during TM?
Deep rest. Rest is the doctor’s first prescription and allows your body’s natural healing mechanisms to function fully.
Scientists have found that TM gives a profound level of rest, and that its effects are directly opposite to those that occur as a result of stress. As a result, deeply rooted stresses and tensions are dissolved. Doctors estimate that 80-90% of all health problems are caused or aggravated by stress. Stress can also accelerate the ageing process.
Physiological changes include
* a marked reduction in metabolic rate
* an improvement in measures associated with stress, including skin resistance and the concentration of various biochemicals in the blood
* and a significant increase in the flow of blood to the brain
These and other findings show that Transcendental Meditation produces a physiological state distinct and separate from sleep or simple relaxation. This is confirmed by several studies comparing Transcendental Meditation with other types of relaxation which found its effect, for example in reducing stress, to be significantly greater.
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Documented benefits include
• reduction of high blood pressure and other major risk factors for cardiovascular disease
• decreased need for medical treatment and reduced health costs
• increased well-being and longevity in elderly people
• reduced use of tobacco, alcohol and non-prescribed drugs
• reduced atherosclerosis;
• improved functioning and quality of life in cardiac patients
• improved athletic performance
• multiple changes opposite to the damaging effects of ageing
• decreased anxiety, depression and hostility
• growth of positive psychological health
Prevention is better than cure
Some studies have highlighted Transcendental Meditation’s effective contribution to improving health. One of these, conducted in Canada using GP records, found a consistent fall in health expenditure required for patients who practised Transcendental Meditation compared with the time before they learned.
The impact of the transcendental meditation program on government payments to physicians in Quebec: an update. Herron RE, Hillis SL. 2000 Department of Management and Public Administration, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa 52557, USA
benefits of tm
tm in a nutshell
T ranscendental Meditation is the best natural approach to reverse the effects of stress. Stress is a major contributor to many illnesses and suffering. I have been privileged to witness the healing effects of TM on thousands of my patients over the last 30 years. Furthermore, scientific research is now showing its particular benefits for heart health and the UK has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world. I would recommend TM for everyone.” —Dr Donn Brennan, MB BCh BAO, MRCGP, MSc Ayu
Dr Donn Brennan, MB BCh BAO, MRCGP, MSc Ayu