--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: US Peace Government > > > Quote by Dr Noel Bairey Merz about the selection of the TM > techniquein medical research > > > Thought you would appreciate this statement by a non-meditating > researcher about why the TM technique was chosen for their federally- > funded research study. This quote appeared last week in one of the > many articles published on the release of new NIH-funded research on > TM and heart disease. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > "Transcendental Meditation is one of the techniques that has been > studied the most, and the most rigorously, in randomized controlled > trials. ...We chose Transcendental Meditation because it's highly > protocolized and standardized, whereas many of the others aren't. > For instance, Transcendental Meditation is trademarked; you have to > be a certified instructor to teach it. The other reason we selected > TM was that there were prior studies that suggested a very > consistent physiological response on blood pressure." > Dr Noel Bairey Merz, researcher, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, > Los Angeles, CA; Professor of Medicine, UCLA Medical School. >
Including studies that compared the effects of TM and other relaxation techniques, including Benson's Relaxation Response, that found that TM had more effect on BP. Said studies were performed by teams of TMing and non-TMing meditators, BTW. If you're going to study the effect of only one form of relaxation, you might as well use the one with the most proven effect. Otherwise, you're setting yourself up to find "no effect," which is a scientific no-no, although many skeptical researchers indulge in variations of this practice. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
