On 07/15/2012 06:06 AM, Vaj wrote:
On Jul 15, 2012, at 8:38 AM, cardemaister wrote:
An âyurvedic technician told me that surprisingly many
TMers, like myself, have high blood pressure.
The obvious reason is that many people here in Finland,
and probably many other countries also, started doing
TM in the hopes of being able to reduce their BP medication,
and stuff.
I don't believe TM helps a lot if ones hypertension is
due to being genetically predisposed to it. I feel like
some component of my BP regulation system (which, I believe
is quite complicated) is especially weak, because my BP is like a yo-yo: it
seems to skyrocket for almost no reason at all!
I think Maharishi hoped that TM would make healthy people
more healthy, but the problem seems to be that people who
feel themselves to be healthy usually might not have any
interest in meditation?!
In an independent systematic review of BP and different meditative and
body-based interventions, Transcendental Meditation was the worst
intervention for lowering BP. Since TM mantras are imbalanced they tend to
increase pitta and vata, thus they will tend to increase BP (from an
Ayurvedic perspective):
https://www.box.com/shared/yqhm9ex6b0
The only intervention that was worse has “health education”. Progressive
Muscle Relaxation (PMR) was about the same as Transcendental Meditation.
The best interventions are hatha yoga and Tai Chi.
1. Tai Chi
2. Yoga + biofeedback
3. Qi gong
4. Mindfulness based cognitive therapy
5. Biofeedback
6. Yoga
7. Relaxation Response
8. Buddhist Meditation
9. Rest/relaxation
10. Mantra meditation
11. Transcendental Meditation
Current science supports the use of CoQ-10, Fish Oil and Vitamin D for
lowering BP without the use of meds.
Depends on the mantra being used for meditation. There are ones that
raise the BP and some that lower. And there are people with low BP to
begin with which raising it a bit won't do any harm.
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