Meditative health
May 11, 2012
MEDITATION may lead to better
health outcomes, according to
a Sydney University study.
The aim of the study was to
compare the quality of life and
functional health of long-term
meditators to that of the normative
population in Australia.
To draw conclusions the
researchers sampled 343 long-term
Australian Sahaja Yoga meditation
practitioners and compared their
scores to those of the normative
Australian population.
According to the data produced,
bodily pain, general health, mental
health, role limitation—emotional,
social functioning, and vitality were
significantly better in meditators
compared to the national norms
whereas two of the subscales (role
limitation—physical, physical
functioning) were not significantly
different.
Interestingly, a substantial correlation
between frequency of mental
silence experience and the vitality,
general health, and especially
mental health subscales was found.
“We found that the health and
wellbeing profile of people who
had meditated for at least two
years was significantly higher in the
majority of health and wellbeing
categories when compared to the
Australian population,” said Dr
Ramesh Manocha, Senior Lecturer
Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School,
who led the research.
“Most markedly there was a
robust relationship between the
frequency of experiencing mental
silence and better mental health,”
he added.
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