Transcendence - Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Mediation - By Norman E Rosenthal
>> Sunday, January 31, 2016
If you have not heard of Transcendental Meditation (TM) you have been living in dark ages. Although I had heard of TM, it was just in a casual manner. This book opened my eyes to the potential of TM in improving your life and how it can heal you.
At present I reading this book and will be updating this post with my notes as I read.
1. TM is more popular than we can imagine. This meditation technique was taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and it is one of the most popular meditation techniques.
2. TM gained world wide attention when Beatles and the Beach Boys learnt it from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the late sixties and early seventies. This technique is practiced by millions of people worldwide and Maharishi himself as taught more than 40000 people himself.
3. Normal Rosenthal is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical school and has practice TM for decades. He has also seen the benefits of TM in his patients and also studied hundreds of people who practice TM. This book details the benefits of TM and the transformation it brings in people who practice TM.
During stress several hormones are released which help us in dealing with the problem. However when these hormones are released for a long time it can also kill us. One of the most common health problems caused be stress hormones is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD).
Blood Pressure - TM helps in keeping the stress and the stress hormones in check. One of the examples mentioned is of 19 year old Nich whose blood pressure levels were elevated and doctors wanted to prescribe him drugs for the problem. He was persuaded to practice TM twice a day and within weeks his blood pressure levels were back to normal range. Moreover his SAT score improved over 300 points and he learnt how to cope with stressful events in a better manner.
Nick was part of group of 100 students who had elevated blood pressure. The study proved that TM was effective in reducing blood pressure.
Many controlled studies have proved that TM is effective is reducing both systolic and diastolic pressure effectively.
Apart from blood pressure reduction another research also noticed that thickness of inner lining of carotid artery decreased in the group who practiced TM over six to nine months. This means that the risk of stroke reduced. Carotid artery is on your back and feeds the heart and the neck. If the blood flow is smooth and the linings are clean that means chances are stroke are less.
Metabolic Syndrome - A 16 week study involving people who had suffered from heart disease and were asked to practice TM twice a day showed that they improved on two counts of the metabolic syndrome - increased insulin sensitivity and lowering of blood pressure.
Healing
Stress - Animals and Humans have been exposed to stress in form of some threat for millions of years. However we are more adapted to short term stress. However the stress we face now a days lasts long time and we are not used to face long term stress. TM helps in dealing with long term stress.During stress several hormones are released which help us in dealing with the problem. However when these hormones are released for a long time it can also kill us. One of the most common health problems caused be stress hormones is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD).
Blood Pressure - TM helps in keeping the stress and the stress hormones in check. One of the examples mentioned is of 19 year old Nich whose blood pressure levels were elevated and doctors wanted to prescribe him drugs for the problem. He was persuaded to practice TM twice a day and within weeks his blood pressure levels were back to normal range. Moreover his SAT score improved over 300 points and he learnt how to cope with stressful events in a better manner.
Nick was part of group of 100 students who had elevated blood pressure. The study proved that TM was effective in reducing blood pressure.
Many controlled studies have proved that TM is effective is reducing both systolic and diastolic pressure effectively.
Apart from blood pressure reduction another research also noticed that thickness of inner lining of carotid artery decreased in the group who practiced TM over six to nine months. This means that the risk of stroke reduced. Carotid artery is on your back and feeds the heart and the neck. If the blood flow is smooth and the linings are clean that means chances are stroke are less.
Metabolic Syndrome - A 16 week study involving people who had suffered from heart disease and were asked to practice TM twice a day showed that they improved on two counts of the metabolic syndrome - increased insulin sensitivity and lowering of blood pressure.
So what explains the healings?
There are many reasons - meditators are able to deal with stressful and painful conditions in a better manner. They return to normal state faster than non meditators. Which means that less stress hormones are released which keeps the blood pressure normal. They are also able to tolerate pain both emotional and physical in a better manner.
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