26 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFECT OF MEDITATION ON RESTING CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS IN HEALTHY MEDITATORS AND NONMEDITATORS.
Journal Title: Indian journal of applied basic medical sciences - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 31
Abstract
Background: Meditation has been practiced all over the world, to increase calmness and physical relaxation, to improve psychological balance, to cope with illness, or to enhance overall health and well-being. Meditation is a practice where one focuses his or her mind on a particular object, thought or activity to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state. It has been shown by previous studies that meditation influences autonomic nervous system (ANS). ANS plays a vital role in regulation of various cardiovascular parameters like pulse and blood IJABMS JULY 2018 pressure. The present study was designed to observe the effect of meditation, on cardiovascular parameters like pulse and blood pressure. Aims and objectives: To study the effect of meditation on resting pulse and blood pressure in normal subjects. Methodology: Permission of institutional ethical committee was taken before study. Subjects included 100 healthy meditators and 100 healthy non meditators. Resting cardiovascular parameters like pulse and blood pressure was measured in both groups and compared. The data was analysed using demo version of SPSS 20.0 to obtain the arithmetic mean for age, height, weight, BMI, systolic and diastolic BP, heart rate. Results: The mean values of resting cardiovascular parameters like heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure were statistically significantly less in meditators than nonmeditators. Conclusion: Regular meditation increases parasympathetic dominance in our body and reduces the sympathetic drive. This result in better cardiac reserve in meditators compared to non-meditators. Also, regular meditation helps meditators to combat anxiety and stress effectively. Key words: meditation, pulse, blood pressure.
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Dr. Shaista Saiyad
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