How meditating like the Beatles can HALVE the risk of a heart attack

DaltheJigsaw

Transcendental Meditation, made popular by the Beatles during the flower power era of the 1960s, could cut heart attack rates by half, researchers claim.
The mantra meditation, which involves repeating a sound repeatedly twice daily for up to 20 minutes, lowers death rates from heart attack and strokes.
The relaxation technique was used by patients with heart disease during a nine year £2.25million trial at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Professor of Medicine Theodore Kotchen said: 'These findings are the strongest documented effects yet produced by a mind-body intervention on cardiovascular disease.
'The effect is as large or larger than major categories of drug treatment for cardiovascular disease.


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federica

I would think that with everything we already know about meditation, this is really not revelatory or surprising.
Now, if you were to post it on a medical website discussing coronary or cardiovascular disease, that might be more effective!

SherabDorje

The type of mantra meditation done by adherents of Transcendental Meditation is not significantly different from purely Buddhist meditation. It all reduces stress when properly done- meditation on the breath, contemplation- physiologically the benefits are the same.

I think what Fed is saying in her usual gentle and demure manner is that this is nothing new.

Yishai

Preaching to the choir, eh? Nice to see some strong evidence though. I think any meditation works, and not just Transcendental Meditation.

buddhajunkie

Comparing mantra with mindfulness practice is an interesting topic. It would seem that mindfulness practice should have a more of sustained effect on stress than mantra since it directly addresses the stressors. I would like to see some comparative studies on this.

DaltheJigsaw

The type of mantra meditation done by adherents of Transcendental Meditation is not significantly different from purely Buddhist meditation. It all reduces stress when properly done- meditation on the breath, contemplation- physiologically the benefits are the same.

I think what Fed is saying in her usual gentle and demure manner is that this is nothing new.

Lol!:)

DaltheJigsaw

I would think that with everything we already know about meditation, this is really not revelatory or surprising.
Now, if you were to post it on a medical website discussing coronary or cardiovascular disease, that might be more effective!

Just sharing!
LOL