Researching Meditation » transcendental meditation http://www.researchingmeditation.org Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:32:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Observational studies on the adverse effects of meditation http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/observational-studies-on-the-adverse-effects-of-meditation.html http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/observational-studies-on-the-adverse-effects-of-meditation.html#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:00:45 +0000 Dr Ramesh Manocha http://www.researchingmeditation.org/?p=251 Shapiro (1992) observed the effects of vipassana meditation on a small group of meditators and found that while most participants experienced positive results, a small number of meditators experienced distinctly negative states.

Glueck (1984) studied 110 participants and reported that the practice of transcendental meditation (TM) appeared to release repressed subconscious impressions. A small proportion of participants reacted adversely to this experience. Heide (1983, 1984) found that 54% of anxiety prone participants demonstrated increased anxiety during mantra meditation modelled on TM. Otis (1974) observed a cohort of 62 novices who tried TM and concluded that it was not suitable for those with serious emotional problems.

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]]> http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/observational-studies-on-the-adverse-effects-of-meditation.html/feed 0 The adverse effects of meditation http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/the-adverse-effects-of-meditation.html http://www.researchingmeditation.org/blog/the-adverse-effects-of-meditation.html#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:54:30 +0000 Dr Ramesh Manocha http://www.researchingmeditation.org/?p=227 A study commissioned by the German government (1980) to assess the effects of TM on youth created controversy when it reported that the majority of participants observed during the trial experienced psychological problems, worsening concentration and variety of physical complaints. Publication of the study was unsuccessfully contested by the TM organization in the German courts.

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A study commissioned by the German
government to assess the effects of TM on youth created controversy when it
reported that the majority of participants observed during the trial experienced
psychological problems, worsening concentration and variety of physical
complaints557. Publication of the study was unsuccessfully contested by the TM
organization in the German courts.

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