Transcendental Meditation: research: Decreased Stress Hormone

Transcendental Meditation

Scientific Research:

Decreased Stress Hormone

Plasma cortisol is a stress hormone. The study shows that plasma cortisol decreased during Transcendental Meditation, whereas it did not change significantly in control subjects during ordinary relaxation.

Adrenocortical activity during meditation, Hormones and Behavior 10(1): 54 60, 1978.

Unfolding Mental Potential
- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
- Development of Intelligence
- Increased Creativity
- Improved Comprehension and Ability to Focus
- Improved Perception and Memory

Reducing Stress
- Physiological Indications of Deep Rest
- Reduced Stress Hormone
- Natural Change in Breathing
- Increased Relaxation and Decreased Stress
- Reduced Anxiety

Improving Health & Reducing the Negative Effects of Ageing
- Reduced Need for Medical Care: Hospitalisation
- Reduced Need for Medical Care: Doctor Visits
- Lower Blood Pressure
- More Positive Health habits
- Decreased Cigarette, Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Reversal of the Ageing Process

Improving Personality and Relationships
- Increased Self-Actualisation
- Improved Relations at Work
- Increased Strength of Self-Concept

Benefits for Business
- Increased Productivity

Creating World Peace
- Improved Quality of Life
- Decreased Crime, Increased Positivity
- Decreased Violent Fatalities
- Reduced Conflict