http://www.aolresearch.org/pdf/Janakiramaiah%20et%20al%202000.pdf Antidepressant efficacy of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) in melancholia: a randomized comparison
http://www.artofliving.org/apex/r-EEGPaper.pdf ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SUDARSHAN KRIYA; http://www.aolresearch.org/pdf/Flowcyt%20study.Satya%20Das.pdf Subset And Natural Killer Cells in Peripheral Blood of Art of Living Teachers Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part INeurophysiologic Model http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2005.11.189?cookieSet=1&journalCode=acm Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part IIClinical Applications and Guidelines http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2005.11.711?journalCode=acm ------- Other http://reylab.bidmc.harvard.edu/pubs/2004/ijca-2004-95-19.pdf Heart rate dynamics during three forms of meditation - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2033561&dopt=Citation Large individual differences in breathing performance have made it difficult to investigate the effects of psychological variables on respiratory parameters. This study uses an experimental approach to investigating the effects of attentional and motivational factors on breath-holding span in humans. The effects of shock threat (negative incentive), monetary reward (positive incentive), and mantra meditation (attentional control) on breath-holding span at functional residual capacity (FRC) were compared. Based on Jeffrey Gray's (1975, 1987) theory of behavioral inhibition, it was predicted that shock threat would extend FRC breath holding. Breath holding was increased under the shock threat condition but not under the monetary reward or mantra meditation conditions. http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/4/347 The prominence of respiratory symptoms in patients with neurotic psychiatric disorders is noted and the literature on the control of respiration is reviewed to attempt to explain this finding. A previous study demonstrated a positive correlation between the ventilatory response to CO2 (S) and neurotic personality traits in a group of normal subjects. This study attempted to follow up this finding and hypothesized that a group of neurotically disturbed patients would have a higher S value and a group of individuals who practiced a calming technique such as transcendental meditation (TM) would have a lower S value than normal subjects. The second hypothesis was confirmed, but not the first, in that the neurotically disturbed patients had the lowest mean values for S of the three groups, rather than the highest. Particular characteristics of the sample of psychiatric patients cast doubt, however, on the validity of this finding. Three additional findings of this study were that anxious, depressive, and hyperventilating subject groups were no different from one another in terms of S values; that very experienced TM practitioners (sidhas) could significantly lower their ventilatory response to CO2 in the meditating state as compared to the nonmeditating alert state; and that the S value did not increase in two male subjects with endogenous depression after successful treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. http://home.uchicago.edu/~wliles/articles/sudsuang.pdf Effect of Buddhist meditation on serum cortisol and total protein levels, blood pressure, pulse rate http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12683226&dopt=Citation In this study, respiratory functions, cardiovascular parameters and lipid profile of those practicing Raja Yoga meditation (short and long term meditators) were compared with those of nonmediators. Vital capacity, tidal volume and breath holding were significantly higher in short and long term meditators than nonmeditators. Long term mediators had significantly higher vital capacity and expiratory pressure than short term meditators. Diastolic blood pressure was significantly lower in both short and long term meditators as compared to nonmeditators. Heart rate was significantly lower in long term meditators than in short term meditators and nonmeditators. Lipid profile showed a significant lowering of serum cholesterol in short and long term meditators as compared to nonmeditators. Lipid profile of short and long term meditators was better than the profile of nonmeditators inspite of similar physical activity. This shows that Raja Yoga meditation provides significant improvements in respiratory functions, cardiovascular parameters and lipid profile. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. 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