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Dr Rame sh Manoc ha MBBS BSc PhD
He a lth o f Austra lia n Me dita to rs
60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95
Physical Function Role Physical Bodily Pain General Health Vitality Social Function Role Emotional Mental Health
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Several times per day or more 47% Once or twice per day 32% Once or twice per week 12% Occasionally 6% Never 3%
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60 70 80 90
several times per day or more
- nce or twice per
day
- nce or twice per
week
- nce or twice per
month less than once per month
Mental Health Subscale of SF36 47% 32% 12% 6% 3% Mental Health Score
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60 70 80 90
several times per day or more
- nce or twice per
day
- nce or twice per
week
- nce or twice per
month less than once per month
Mental Health Subscale of SF36 Mental Health Score
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60 70 80 90
several times per day or more
- nce or twice per
day
- nce or twice per
week
- nce or twice per
month less than once per month
Mental Health Subscale of SF36
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Mental Health Score
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30 60 90
baseline 4 weeks 8 weeks 16 weeks
- N=14, Sing le a rm,
unc o ntro lle d, he uristic
- Pe rime no pa usa l wo me n
- 8 we e ks, 2x we e k a t
Ro ya l Ho spita l fo r Wo me n
- 8 we e k fo llo w up
- No o the r
pha rma c e utic a l, he rb a l me dic a tio ns
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2 4 6 8 10 12 beginning term 1 end term 1 end term 2 end term 3 end term 4
Emotional and Behavioural Wellbeing 3rd Grade Class
Social skills
ntal Health Risk
12 mo nth da ily pra c tic e b y 3rd c la ss c hildre n
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Recruitment N=178
8 week Intervention period, 2x/week, Each session approx 1 hour duration MEDITATION 1 Mental Silence
Randomised
Waiting list No intervention MEDITATION 2 Non-mental silence
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Work Stress
Mental S l Silenc nce vs vs Contempl plati tion
Sahaja Yoga Relaxation No treatment
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MEDITATION Mental Silence Recruitment n=59
Randomised
8 week follow-up 16 week Intervention period, 1x/week Stress management
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- 0.5
.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 HR
SY Meditation Stress Mgt
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 POM OMS
Airway Hyp yperrespon
- nsiveness
Mood
Manocha et al, Thorax, 2002
SY Meditation Stress Mgt
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- 0.6
- 0.5
- 0.4
- 0.3
- 0.2
- 0.1
0.1 0.2 0.3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Saha haja ja Yoga/ a/ Me Mental al S Sile ilence Rest/generic ic medit itatio ion
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