Scientific Research

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• Transcendental Meditation Experiment Arrests Crime - A study published in a peer-reviewed journal reports on one of the most dramatic sociological experiments ever undertaken. Researchers predicted in advance that the calming influence of group meditation practice could reduce violent crime by over 20 percent in Washington, DC, during an 8-week period in the summer of 1993.
• Scientific Research on Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® Program - presented by MVU
• Summary of Scientific Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program by Dr David Orme-Johnson. Including a bibliography of all research. A eté traduits en Francais par DR Estrangin.
• Scientific Research - presented by Maharishi University of Management - USA, Over 500 studies, making it perhaps the most intensively studied technology in the field of human development.
• The Brain Research Institute - The Brain Research Institute fosters theoretical and/or experimental research in the light of Maharishi Vedic Science. conducted in the following disciplines: neuroanatomy, psychophysiology, computational neuroscience, molecular neuroscience, and linguistics. The Brain Research Institute is a scientific research institute within the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy.
• Published research on Maharishi Ayurveda formulas and Maharishi Ayurveda Health Care.
• Listing of universities and research institutions which have researched the TM Program, and Journals where the research has been published - presented by MUM
• Die Deutsche MERU-Gesellschaft (MERU = Maharishi European Research University) beschäftigt sich seit 1972 mit der Förderung der Allgemeinheit durch wissenschaftliche Erforschung von Methoden, die zu einer vollen Bewußtseins- und Persönlichkeitsentfaltung.
• Maharishi Guides Research in Consciousness until the Structure of the Total Potential of Consciousness is Discovered in the Human Physiology - Historical outlook into one of Maharishi's great achievements
• Hazards of "Modern" Medicine - avoided by the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health. Leading physicians and public health officials have proclaimed the incidence of iatrogenic disease — suffering produced as a result of medical and surgical care — as being of epidemic proportions. (225,000 deaths per year in the US from all iatrogenic causes) The failures of modern medicine are inevitable and result from one fundamental weakness: an isolated approach to knowledge and practice that fails to attend to the balance and integration of the physiology as a whole. Website from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine.
• The Maharishi Effect - The Maharishi Effect is the phenomenon of the rise of coherence in the collective consciousness of any community. Scientific research has clearly demonstrated that when one per cent of the population of a city or town practices Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation Programme , the crime rate significantly decreases. Similarly, when groups of individuals practicing Maharishi’s TM-Sidhi programme with Yogic Flying equal at least the square root of one per cent of a population, there is a significant reduction.

Articles, Ezines, and Videos

• Holistic heart healing - Maharishi, UI doctors team up on $8 million study. Two medical centers, one known for excelling in traditional Western medicine and another known for alternative medical therapy research, have joined together to study heart attack patients. Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1 Sept. 03
• Find Herbal Relief For Chemo Side Effects - A 1999 study from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India's Harvard, found that an ancient Ayurvedic herbal formula called "Amrit Kalash" is a promising adjunct to chemotherapy. Cincinnati Channel 5 news report. Complete with video segment: Dr. Christine Horner explains the benefits of "Amrit Kalash."
• Quebec Health Care Costs Cut with the Transcendental Meditation Technique - Findings from a Quebec study published in the the American Journal of Health Promotion suggest that people who practice the Transcendental Meditation technique are healthier and need less medical care - a preventive eye-opener which could save Canada's health insurance agencies billions of dollars each year.
• Close Your Eyes - A group of elderly people who adopted the lifestyle changes, based on the Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM) program, had a significant reversal of atherosclerosis after one year. Report on latest research from WebMD.
• Autonomic and EEG Patterns during Eyes-Closed Rest and Transcendental Meditation (TM) Practice: The Basis for a Neural Model of TM Practice - In this single-blind within-subject study, autonomic and EEG variables were compared during 10-min, order-balanced eyes-closed rest and Transcendental Meditation (TM) sessions. TM sessions were distinguished by lower breath rates, lower skin conductance levels, higher respiratory sinus arrhythmia levels, and higher alpha anterior-posterior and frontal EEG coherence. From Consciousness and Cognition Vol. 8, No. 3, September 1999
• Acute Effects of Transcendental Meditation on Hemodynamic Functioning in Middle-Aged Adults - Some studies have demonstrated that Transcendental Meditation (TM) reduces high blood pressure, but the hemodynamic adjustments behind these blood pressure reductions have not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to provide a preliminary investigation of the acute effects of TM on TPR. Psychosomatic Medicine 1999;61:524-531
• Meditation lowers blood pressure - Transcendental meditation may be one way to keep the heart healthy, say researchers who have discovered how it keeps blood pressure low. BBC Online 2 Aug 99.
• Supplementing Interdisciplinary Studies Programs with a Consciousness-based Transdisciplinary Approach to Increase Students' Holistic Development -
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction for Hypertension in Older African - Americans - from a research study published in Hypertension: Vol 26, No 05; November 1995 - American Heart Association Scientific Publishing
• The Effects of Meditation on Two Top Management Teams By Bengt Gustavsson Department of Business Administration, University of Stockholm.
• Neurophysiological Order in the REM Sleep of Participants of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program