Transcendental Meditation Technique Helps Reduce High Blood Pressure

Transcendental Meditation is an effective treatment for controlling high blood pressure with the added benefit of bypassing possible side effects and hazards of anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new meta-analysis conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the March 2008 issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.

The study's lead author, Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, said that blood pressure reductions of this magnitude would be expected to be accompanied by significant reductions in risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—without drug     side effects.  Anderson's most recent findings reinforce an earlier study that found Transcendental Meditation produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that was not found with other forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback or stress management. "Adding Transcendental Meditation is about equivalent to adding a second antihypertension agent to one's current regimen only safer and less troublesome," Anderson said.

Comment

Doctors are saying that hypertension is the "silent killer" and that complications from hypertension will lead to more deaths worldwide than any other disorder. Fortunately, we can now make education "prevention oriented" by introducing the Transcendental Meditation technique into the daily routine of any school.

Comments

[Chris]

You are absolutely right. My blood pressure goes down with meditation every time. It usually runs slightly high, and is normal after meditation.

[Ho oponopono]

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