Cumulative effect of short-term and long-term meditation practice in men and women on psychophysiological parameters of electrophotonic imaging: a cross-sectional study

Deo, Guru; Kumar, Itagi Ravi; Srinivasan, T. M.; Kushwah, Kuldeep Kumar

doi:10.1515/jcim-2015-0050

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“…The increased activity in the posterior cingulate gyrus was likely because the participants reached a meditative level of compassion with joys and happiness. [ 21 ] The posterior cingulate gyrus is known to be activated during happiness. [ 22 ] Moreover, Brodmann area 9 (superior frontal gyrus) and the posterior cingulate gyrus can play a very crucial role in memory function during the Anapanasati meditation.…”

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Alterations of regional cerebral glucose metabolism using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography and electroencephalography analysis during mindfulness breathing in Anapanasati meditation: A preliminary analysis

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Anapanasati is a core meditation of a breath-centered practice in the Buddhist Theravada tradition, which may have some neurological mechanism effects on the brain. To gain insight into the neurological mechanisms involved in Anapanasati meditation, we measured the alterations of regional cerebral glucose metabolism during Anapanasati meditation using positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and electroencephalography (EEG) analysis. This prospective study was conducted in six right-handed volunteer participants (two men, four women; aged: 32–67 years) who underwent 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) PET/CT scans to compare the alterations of regional cerebral glucose metabolism during normal consciousness and Anapanasati meditation states. Spectral EEG analysis was performed throughout the investigations. Statistical parametric mapping was used for the 18 F-FDG PET/CT image analyses. The visual analysis demonstrated moderate-to-marked increased metabolism in posterior cingulate cortex in all six patients, while mild-to-moderate increased uptake in the whole frontal lobe was also observed in four patients and precuneus in four patients. Meanwhile, the semiquantitative analysis yielded an increase of regional cerebral glucose metabolism in the right mid-to-posterior cingulate gyrus ( P < 0.000), with visible alpha waves on the frontal of the EEG findings. Our semiquantitative analysis showed a significantly increased metabolism only in the posterior cingulate cortex, but visually, there was also an increased metabolism in the whole frontal lobe in most of the patients correlating with EEG findings.

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Alterations of regional cerebral glucose metabolism using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography and electroencephalography analysis during mindfulness breathing in Anapanasati meditation: A preliminary analysis

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“…In addition to access stress score with a combination of questionnaires or scales in most yoga experiments, we observed Electro Photonic Imaging (EPI) is another direct and efficacious instrument to evaluate the stress level (26) . Several studies have demonstrated that EPI technology measures the level of stress in yoga practice (27)(28)(29) . Hence, in the current study, aimed to evaluate the stress level using Bio-Well device, and tested the hypothesis that practice of Yama and Niyama may have potential effects in prevention of stress-induced psychological disorders among college students.…”

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Evaluation of Impact of Ethics of Yoga in the Psychological Health of College Students: A Randomized Control Trial

Xu¹,

Kumar²,

Srinivasan³

2021

IJST

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Background/Objectives: The foundational ethical principles of yoga have not been of focus and not widely known. This study was to evaluate the yoga ethics that could reduce the level of stress in college students. Methods/Statisticalanalysis :A randomized control trial was conducted. One hundred participants were randomly assigned to control group and experiment group with a duration of three months intervention and one month follow-up. The outcome measures of stress level were assessed through Bio-Well instrument. A parametric independent sample t-test for the between-group analyses and paired sample t-test for within-group analysis compared the means of two groups. Findings: There was a statistically significant reduction in the stress after the intervention (p<0.001) and follow up (p=0.035) between the group comparisons. The within-group comparisons showed high reduced in the level of stress after the intervention (p<0.001) and follow-up (p<0.01). Novelty: The current study provides preliminary evidence that the practice of ethical principles of Yama and Niyama effectively reduces the stress and may improve psychological health and well-being. Keywords: Yoga ethics; Yama; Niyama; Stress; Psychological wellbeing; BioWell

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“…[22][23][24][25][26] The parameters of EPI showed high functional energy reserve in meditators which reflect better psycho-physiological levels following anapanasati meditation. 27 There have been very few studies in capturing EPI parameters related to autism. The study of these parameters could pave way for coming up with a yogic exercise that could facilitate in improving any of those parameters to bring about a positive change in autistic children for their cognitive development.…”

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Determining bioenergy field of autistic and normal healthy children: an electrophotonic imaging study

Sankhala

Deeepeshwar

Kotikalapudi

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Currently assessment of autistic behavior is done based on learning disabilities, personal observation of behavioral patterns and standard autistic scales. Electrophotonic imaging (EPI) instrument is used to assess health status based on bio-energy field of various organ and organ system of human body. And can be useful to determine the early diagnosis of autistic symptoms and degree of improvement for any therapeutic intervention given to these autistic children on a regular basis. This study aimed to investigate the differences of EPI parameters of autistic children and healthy children of the same age group.Methods: This study was carried out by taking the EPI images of 33 autistic and 36 healthy children of age group 4 to 14 years from an autistic center and nearby school in Bangalore. The statistical analysis on acquired data were done using IBM SPSS Version 20.0.Results: The variables activation coefficient, integral area, sacrum, hypothalamus, thyroid gland, pancreas and coronary vessels showed a significant statistical difference in their mean value for autistic and healthy children (p<0.05).Conclusions: The EPI parameters for autistic and healthy children open up the possibility of using EPI based instrument for early diagnosis. Deeper analysis of the differing parameters gave us more insight into the type of intervention to be selected for improving the health of autistic children.

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Cumulative effect of short-term and long-term meditation practice in men and women on psychophysiological parameters of electrophotonic imaging: a cross-sectional study

Abstract: Women of LTM and STM demonstrated lesser stress than men. Both groups showed cumulative health-related improvement. Moreover, in gender-related analysis woman meditators exhibited more positive improvement in EPI parameters than men.

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Alterations of regional cerebral glucose metabolism using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography and electroencephalography analysis during mindfulness breathing in Anapanasati meditation: A preliminary analysis

Alterations of regional cerebral glucose metabolism using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography and electroencephalography analysis during mindfulness breathing in Anapanasati meditation: A preliminary analysis

Evaluation of Impact of Ethics of Yoga in the Psychological Health of College Students: A Randomized Control Trial

Determining bioenergy field of autistic and normal healthy children: an electrophotonic imaging study

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