Is that the AHRQ's report? I couldn't find that particular chart in the report, but one criticism leveled at the report by TM researchers is that they didn't include dozens of studies on TM and yet didn't mention that they even considered those studies in order to reject them in their analysis, despite being told about them and given a copy of them for review (Collected Papers Volume 5 was entirely ignored even though they were given a copy).
Other criticisms can be found here: http://www.TruthAboutTM.org/truth/TMResearch/RebuttalofAHRQReview/index.cfm A more recent meta-analysis of TM and BP was published a few years later than included 9 studies instead of only five. Naturally, since it found results different than the AHRQ study, it is touted as refuting the AHRQ analysis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18311126 L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 15, 2012, at 8:38 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > An �yurvedic technician told me that surprisingly many > > TMers, like myself, have high blood pressure. > > > > The obvious reason is that many people here in Finland, > > and probably many other countries also, started doing > > TM in the hopes of being able to reduce their BP medication, > > and stuff. > > > > I don't believe TM helps a lot if ones hypertension is > > due to being genetically predisposed to it. I feel like > > some component of my BP regulation system (which, I believe > > is quite complicated) is especially weak, because my BP is like a yo-yo: it > > seems to skyrocket for almost no reason at all! > > > > I think Maharishi hoped that TM would make healthy people > > more healthy, but the problem seems to be that people who > > feel themselves to be healthy usually might not have any > > interest in meditation?! > > > In an independent systematic review of BP and different meditative and > body-based interventions, Transcendental Meditation was the worst > intervention for lowering BP. Since TM mantras are imbalanced they tend to > increase pitta and vata, thus they will tend to increase BP (from an > Ayurvedic perspective): > > https://www.box.com/shared/yqhm9ex6b0 > > The only intervention that was worse has �health education�. Progressive > Muscle Relaxation (PMR) was about the same as Transcendental Meditation. > > The best interventions are hatha yoga and Tai Chi. > > 1. Tai Chi > > 2. Yoga + biofeedback > > 3. Qi gong > > 4. Mindfulness based cognitive therapy > > 5. Biofeedback > > 6. Yoga > > 7. Relaxation Response > > 8. Buddhist Meditation > > 9. Rest/relaxation > > 10. Mantra meditation > > 11. Transcendental Meditation > > Current science supports the use of CoQ-10, Fish Oil and Vitamin D for > lowering BP without the use of meds. >
