--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From the website: > > "Scientific research has shown that the most > beneficial meditation is Maharishi's Transcendental > Meditation. The striking reduction of stress and > anxiety caused by TM is 3 to 4 times greater than that > achieved by most meditation or relaxation methods." > > Does anyone recall the TMO making this claim before?
Eppley's research from Stanford, about 15 years back. He did a metaanalysis of existing studies on reduction of trait anxiety. Unless newer meditation techniques have had such studies done, there would be nothing to base a newer metaanalysis on, though such a study would be valuable. > > Even if these studies were done, I'm sure they were > done many decades ago. Maybe the TMO ought to compare > TM with the myriad meditation techniques that have > become available in the last ten years. Might get some > of them on a faster path. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/