Welcome to our Meditation Research site. This site aims to share with you some of the scientifically studied phenomena associated with the state of consciousness called thoughtless awareness, an experiential phenomenon particularly associated with the practice of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
Contents
News & Information
Meditation Research is frequently updated with articles on many topics featuring the most recent research and articles.
General: News relating to the site and events.
Meditation: Articles discussing the history of meditation, proposed mechanisms for meditation, studies exploring the effects of meditation, articles looking at documented adverse effects of meditation, articles discussing the cross cultural aspect of meditation and more.
Sahaja Yoga Meditation: Articles describing Sahaja Yoga meditation (SYM), studies exploring the potential benefits of and mechanisms behind SYM, articles on the mental silence state central to SYM and more.
Research: Here you’ll find summaries of studies, future research projects, articles describing the theories behind the methodology used when researching meditation and more.
Alternative paradigms: Articles discussing the underlying Eastern philosophies of meditation including the kundalini and chakra.
Articles
Meditation Research also hosts a collection of interesting articles and links:
Summary of Research: Here you’ll find a series of articles describing the research that the creators of Meditation Research have carried out. This includes research on the origins of meditation, epilepsy, asthma, hot flushes, how meditation works, brain waves of a meditator, vibrational energy, eastern views of stress and living in the moment.
Bibliography: A number of unsorted studies exploring meditation.
Interesting articles: Interesting articles about meditation.
Meditation Exercises: MP3s featuring guided meditation exercises.
Research Studies
Meditation Research links to a number of interesting studies on a variety of topics:
Asthma: Studies exploring the use of meditation to treat asthma.
ADHD: Studies exploring the use of meditation to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Anxiety: Studies exploring the use of meditation to reduce anxiety.
EEG: Studies discussing the analysis of a meditator’s brain with EEG.
Epilepsy: Studies exploring the use of meditation to treat epilepsy.
About this site
This site was created by Dr Ramesh Manocha, is administered by Tristan Boyd, and features a number of contributing authors. We hope to bring the outcomes of our research to you as it becomes available, and hope to share with you both our pilot research as well as published and peer-reviewed research. Please contact Dr Manocha if you have further queries.
Latest News & Information
Below is our latest scientific and research news and Information.