--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <risro...@...> wrote: > > > > > Of this study, David Orme-Johnson notes: > > > > "The mindfulness and mental relaxation controls condition > > were modeled after the Transcendental Meditation program, > > and they had the same contact time with the teacher, > > practice time, and expectation fostering features as TM. > > Yet they did not produce the same effects on health, mental > > flexibility, and longevity as the Transcendental Meditation > > program." > > > > > > unlike the other meditation relaxation techniques, > > > > even though all were taught using a format deliberately > > > > similar to the TM> program's. > > > > > I doubt it. You can't artificially fabricate a > control with the expectation-fostering features of TM.
Don't know why not. > You can't artificially duplicate the religious fervor > of the TM teacher or the all the experience behind that > fervor. Ellen Langer, one of the authors of this study, was (still is) a leading proponent of mindfulness training, about which she's pretty messianic.
