--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe it's not the TM but the fact that most TMers do yoga not headstands > usually but shoulder stands. My grandmother went blind from glaucoma. I've > been meditating for 40 years and have excellent vision. Go figure. >
One thing I can state for sure -- our data is not biased by yoga asanas. These results are definitely related only to the performance of TM and TM Sidhis. (At least some of the sessions have been overseen by very experienced TM teachers, and we have consulted extensively with officials in the TM movement so we feel the meditation was being performed correctly.) BTW, if you have any history of glaucoma in your family, you should have regular eye exams. And congrats on maintaining excellent vision. I assume you at at least 55+ years old. If you don't require reading glasses, you are doing great -- and it might even be fair to attribute your excellent vision to the reduced stress you enjoy from TM practice. If you wanted to make that argument, I would not oppose it. However, we already know for sure that TM doesn't elevate IOP for everyone that does TM. But we also know that it CAN elevate IOP -- some risk is there. My interest is in understanding how the elevated IOP might occur. Thanks.
