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Advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice raises body temperature – Part 2

2013-07-19/3 Comments/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Meditation, Neuroscience, Physiology

The first part of this post talked about a study that confirmed centuries old reports that through the advanced Vajrayana meditation practice Tummo the core body temperature can be raised significantly. When the forceful breathing practice was combined with the related meditation exercise (as would be the case during this type of meditation), the yogis increased their core temperature by several degrees into the slightly feverish range. As mentioned in part 1, in addition to recording changes in body temperature... Read more

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Advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice raises body temperature

2013-07-19/13 Comments/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Meditation, Neuroscience, Physiology

Studying ten meditators of Tibetan Buddhism, a recent international research project provides solid evidence for centuries-old reports that through the advanced meditation practice Tummo, often referred to as “Inner Heat” or “Psychic Heat”, the core body temperature can be raised significantly. The Tummo (also “g-Tummo”) meditation practice is an advanced form of meditation that has been transmitted in the Vajrayana (or Diamond Way) traditions of Tibetan Buddhism for the last 900 years. The spectacular outer sign of this meditation is... Read more

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Meditation improves telomerase activity

2012-12-20/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Meditation, Physiology, Psychology

Meditation improves telomerase activity: a healthier life – but not for all! Three months in a meditation retreat may have significant influence on a core marker of our health and biological age, a study found. Some readers will be aware of the Shamatha project, where individuals with prior meditation experience took part in a 3-month intensive meditation retreat and were subjected to a range of different tests and analyses. Researchers on this project, guided by Alan Wallace as meditation teacher... Read more

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Mindfulness and obesity

2011-12-21/1 Comment/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Mindfulness, Physiology, Psychology

Almost three weeks since the last post. NO! – meditation and mindfulness research did not come to a sudden standstill. I was abroad, presenting our work at the Research Seminar in Experimental and Neuro-Cognitive Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Then I travelled on to Belgium for talks in buddhist groups/centres in Liège and Brussels. While the European leaders were trying to come up with a plan to stabilise Europe’s finances we were meditating in the European Parliament, making... Read more

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Mindfulness meditation reduces pain

2009-11-12/by Dr Peter Malinowski/in Interventions, Mindfulness, Physiology, Psychology

Even brief engagement with mindfulness meditation reduces pain: A few days ago the Journal of Pain published a study carried out by scientists at the University of North Carolina. In this studies participants took part in a 3-day mindfulness meditation practice of 20 minutes per day and evaluated the pain experienced in response to electrical stimulation. Participants rated the pain much lower after the meditation training than before. Several control manipulations were tested to confirm that the observed effect was... Read more

Advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice raises body temperature – Part 2

Advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice raises body temperature

Meditation improves telomerase activity

Mindfulness and obesity

Mindfulness meditation reduces pain

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