Researching Meditation » graph http://www.researchingmeditation.org Sun, 23 May 2010 22:44:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Graph: meditation studies published per year in MEDLINE http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-meditation-studies-published-per-year-in-medline.html http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-meditation-studies-published-per-year-in-medline.html#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:49:26 +0000 Dr Ramesh Manocha http://www.researchingmeditation.org/?p=762 Meditation studies published on medline

This graph shows the number of meditation studies considered as serious explorations of meditation’s effects published per year in the MEDLINE database.

The maximum yearly output was in 2000–2001 when 12 RCTs were reported in MEDLINE. In the same time period 106 RCTs for fluoxetine, as an example of a mainstream medication, and 98 RCTs for acupuncture, as an example of a complementary medicine, were published. The rate of publication of RCTs on meditation is poor in comparison to other therapeutic modalities in either the mental health or complementary and alternative medicine genres.

Dr Ramesh Manocha

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This graph shows a comparison of the health of a group of experienced mental silence (Sahaja Yoga) meditators and three other groups including a group of Presbyterian clergy from America, a group of non-mental silence meditators, and the general Australian population. Health was measured using the Short Form 36 survey. The mental silence meditators’ health profile is generally better then the other groups. These results demonstrate an association between the mental silence experience and positive health.

From Manocha R and German E. Meditation, Health and Quality of Life: A Census of a Meditating Population.

Dr Ramesh Manocha

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The graph represents the results of a survey conducted on long term Sahaja Yoga meditators. They were asked the question “how often do you achieve thoughtless awareness/ mental silence for a few minutes or more?” Almost half of those surveyed responded that they achieved mental silence “several times per day or more”.

Dr Ramesh Manocha

]]> http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-long-term-meditator-survey.html/feed 0 Graph: Skin temperature of mental silence meditators vs generic meditators http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-skin-temperature-of-mental-silence-meditators-vs-generic-meditators.html http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-skin-temperature-of-mental-silence-meditators-vs-generic-meditators.html#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:00:21 +0000 Dr Ramesh Manocha http://www.researchingmeditation.org/?p=594 Skin Temp over time - Sahaja yoga meditation verses generic meditation

The graph displays a key difference between mental silence based meditation and other types of meditation.

Previous definitions of meditation have not differentiated between meditation and relaxation. A key feature of relaxation is that skin temperature increases with the reduced physiological arousal.

This graph shows data from a heuristic physiological study where mental silence meditators manifested reductions in skin temperature during meditation thereby contradicting the “reduced physiological arousal” conceptualisation of meditation.

Dr Ramesh Manocha

]]> http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-skin-temperature-of-mental-silence-meditators-vs-generic-meditators.html/feed 0 Graph: the relationship between mental silence and mental health http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-the-relationship-between-mental-silence-and-mental-health.html http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/graph-the-relationship-between-mental-silence-and-mental-health.html#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:24:06 +0000 Dr Ramesh Manocha http://www.researchingmeditation.org/?p=584 relationship between mental silence and health

This graph shows the mental health of people sorted by how frequently they meditate with the mental silence based Sahaja Yoga. The graph depicts a correlation between the frequency of meditation for people who meditate and their mental health score. Mental health was measured by the mental health subscale of the Short Form 36 questionnaire.

The correlation was analysed and found to have a correlation coefficient of +0.36 with p<0.001.

Dr Ramesh Manocha

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This graph shows a comparison between a group of Sahaja Yoga meditators and a sample of the general population of Australia on a number of health outcomes. The meditator group performed significantly better on a number of key health outcomes including general health and mental health.

From Manocha R and German E. Meditation, Health and Quality of Life: A Census of a Meditating Population.

Dr Ramesh Manocha

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