March 19, 2010
Many people learn to meditate in order to relax and reduce stress, but few realise just how meditation produces these benefits. Often its effects on the mind and body are seen as no different to that of taking a short nap or practising deep breathing. However, a new study on the effects of Transcendental Meditation, more »
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February 25, 2010
This is the message that Teachers of Transcendental Meditation (TM) will be sharing with their local communities on Friday 26 February – National Heart Day – around the UK.
“If this kind of result was observed for a new prescription drug, it would be a billion-dollar industry to make it available to everyone immediately.”
This statement was made by Dr Norman Rosenthal, for 20 years a senior researcher at the US National Institutes of Mental Health, following the announcement at the American Heart Association annual conference last November that a recently completed and rigorously controlled nine-year study funded by the US National Institutes of Health found a 47 per cent reduction in the rate of major clinical events (mortality, heart attacks, and strokes) amongst heart patients practising Transcendental Meditation.
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