Dr Rame sh Manoc ha MBBS BSc PhD Me dita tio n Re se a rc h Pro g ra mme , Se nio r L e c ture r De pa rtme nt o f Psyc hia try, Unive rsity o f Sydne y www.researchingmeditation. com
He a lth o f Austra lia n Me dita to rs 95 * 90 * * * 85 * * * 80 * * 75 * * 70 65 * 60 Physical Role Bodily Pain General Vitality Social Role Mental Function Physical Health Function Emotional Health
Never Occasionally 3% 6% Once or twice per week 12% Several times per day or more 47% Once or twice per day 32%
90 12% 6% 3% 47% 32% 80 Mental Health Score 70 60 several times per once or twice per once or twice per once or twice per less than once per day or more day week month month Mental Health Subscale of SF36
90 80 Mental Health Score 70 60 several times per once or twice per once or twice per once or twice per less than once per day or more day week month month Mental Health Subscale of SF36
90 * * * 80 Mental Health Score 70 60 several times per once or twice per once or twice per once or twice per less than once per day or more day week month month Mental Health Subscale of SF36
90 - N=14, Sing le a rm, unc o ntro lle d, he uristic - Pe rime no pa usa l wo me n 60 - 8 we e ks, 2x we e k a t Ro ya l Ho spita l fo r Wo me n 30 - 8 we e k fo llo w up - No o the r pha rma c e utic a l, 0 he rb a l me dic a tio ns baseline 4 weeks 8 weeks 16 weeks
12 mo nth da ily pra c tic e b y 3 rd c la ss c hildre n Emotional and Behavioural Wellbeing 3 rd Grade Class 12 ntal Health Risk 10 8 Social skills 6 4 2 0 beginning term 1 end term 1 end term 2 end term 3 end term 4
MEDITATION 1 Mental Silence MEDITATION 2 Recruitment Randomised Non-mental N=178 silence Waiting list No intervention 8 week Intervention period, 2x/week, Each session approx 1 hour duration
Work Stress Mental S l Silenc nce vs vs Contempl plati tion No treatment Sahaja Yoga Relaxation
Recruitment n=59 MEDITATION Mental Silence Randomised Stress management 8 week 16 week Intervention period, 1x/week follow-up
Airway Hyp yperrespon onsiveness Mood 35 3.5 30 3 SY Meditation 2.5 25 2 SY Meditation 20 Stress Mgt 1.5 15 1 10 0.5 Stress Mgt 5 0 0 -0.5 -0 .5 POM OMS HR Manocha et al, Thorax, 2002
0.3 0.2 Rest/generic ic medit itatio ion 0.1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 Saha haja ja Yoga/ a/ Me Mental al S Sile ilence -0.5 -0.6
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