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• Dr Ramesh Manocha: The implications of my research

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  The fact that the mental silence construct, more than any other factor my research, correlated positively with a wide range of health measures raises interesting implications in several areas of study. The findings emanating from my research imply that the notion of mental silence and its associated yogic philosophy, ...
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• Previous trials of sham meditation

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  The diversity, and apparent impotence, of many meditative practices makes the construction of sham meditation quite feasible since researchers can develop rationales to justify almost any method that approximates the expectations of trial participants.For instance, Smith’s (1995) RCT compared TM to an imitation ...
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• Graph: the health scores of mental silence meditators vs. other groups

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  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 ...
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• Dr Ramesh Manocha: the three scientific conclusions for meditation

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  The observations of previous randomised controlled trials assessing meditation could lead to three possible conclusions:1. Meditation is in fact no more effective than other approaches to rest and relaxation. Yet meditative traditions have existed for thousands of years and at least in India, are widely perceived to ...
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• Graph: long term meditator survey

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  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 ...
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• Sahaja and the trans-mind state

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  Sahaja is one of a number of terms that have been used to describe the trans-mind condition. Sahaja is derived from the Sanskrit saha, meaning “together” and ja, meaning “born” and can be translated to mean “innate”. It is a term that has long been associated with Indian mystical thought and practice, ...
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• The “multimodal” approach to meditation

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  In my systematic review of 120 randomised controlled trials, twenty eight trials used a “multimodal” approach in which meditation was used as part of a “blunderbuss” of interventions woven into a single coordinated program. Most of these programs involved other practices aimed at reducing stress such as yoga ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dr Ramesh Manocha: The value of follow-up data

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  Follow-up data, data obtained some time after the trial, is important as it gives an indication of how durable the effects of meditation might be. Unlike modern Western therapeutic thinking however, meditation was not originally designed to be used as a course of treatment so much as to be part of an ongoing lifestyle ...
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• Never jobless: my “Whiskers, Paws and Tail” strategy

  
  1000petals... — Authority: 119
  This post is an outcome of my over 10 years work experience. The funny thing about it is that none of my employers have ever looked at my CV. And yet I was getting very good positions. The even funnier thing is that I ended up working as a Human Resources Manger myself. All that gives me the right to claim that ...
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• Graph: Skin temperature of mental silence meditators vs generic meditators

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  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 ...
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• Want To Stop Smoking - Do Yoga.

  
  Horse Racing Tips and Horse Racing Results — Authority: 156
  By Leonid Sinichkin The easiest and most effective way to give up smoking is to restore natural balance in the body. That can be easily achieved by Sahaja Yoga practice. After first describing some not very well known facts about cigarettes and smoking, we will tell you how one can stop smoking with Sahaja Yoga. So, ...
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• Dr Ramesh Manocha: 2 RCTs show therapeutic effects of mental silence

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  In order to effectively tease out the effects of mental silence as opposed to the effects of other aspects of Sahaja Yoga meditation it was obviously necessary to use randomised controlled trial methodology. Having refined the practical approach in previous clinics it became possible to develop a standardised, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mental silence and positive health

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  A national survey of Sahaja Yoga meditation practitioners using standardised measures revealed that meditators experienced significantly better levels of quality of life and mental health as compared to population data drawn from national health surveys using the same instruments. Similar surveys of populations ...
  2 weeks ago

• Graph: the relationship between mental silence and mental health

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• The popularity of meditation in the West

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  Meditation is widely perceived in the West as an effective method of reducing stress, and enhancing wellbeing. In Australia, a survey conducted by Kaldor (2002) of a randomly selected but representative sample drawn from the state of Western Australia (n=1,033) found that 11% of respondents had practiced meditation at ...
  3 weeks ago

• Diwali News from Canada

  
  Sahaja Yoga Meditation News - Light of Love — Authority: 108
  Diwali, the Festival of Lights, was celebrated recently around the world. Although a Hindu tradition originating in India, it is interesting to see the many connections between Diwali and other religious thought. For example, while Christmas is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ, His real birthday coincides ...
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• Advantages of studying Western meditators

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  While the strong metaphysical linkage between Eastern religiosity, its psycho-spiritual practices, and health may offer important new perspectives on the relationship between religiosity and health, there are a number of practical difficulties associated with studying the epidemiology of non-Western forms of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Graph: health of mental silence meditators vs general population

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  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. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Shri Laxmi loves shopping

  
  Boundless inspiration — Authority: 108
  She must be one of the most modern goddess, nicely dressed up and enveloped in some loving smell of a flower fragrance. I think Shri Laxmi loves Hong Kong which has already conquered the name of Paradise of shopping worldwide. She makes money circulating, jobs creating and people being blessed by her rapid touch. She ...
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• The yoga tradition

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  Within the yoga tradition, meditation is defined as an experiential state of awareness specifically involving control over all aspects of mental activity. Feuerstein (2006) explains that “the initial purpose of meditation is to intercept the flux of ordinary mental activity.” He translates Patanjali’s ...
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