Meditation and relaxation techniques
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Meditation May Be An Effective Treatment For Insomnia
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009)
de Niet G, Tiemens B, Lendemeijer B, Hutschemaekers G.
Music-assisted
relaxation to improve sleep quality: meta-analysis.
J Adv Nurs. 2009
Jul;65(7):1356-64.
Epub 2009 Apr 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 19456998.
Fronsdal, Gil
"Mindfulness of Breathing"
From The Issue at Hand (no publisher)
No author
Effects of meditation on sleep in chronic insomnia
9. June 2009 01:26
Jacobs GD.
Meditation-Based Relaxation Techniques Produce Brain Wave Patterns Similar to Sleep*
talkaboutsleep.com, February 9, 2005
Calming The Mind: The Anatomy of Meditation.*
Time Magazine
Jacobs GD, Friedman R.
EEG spectral analysis of relaxation techniques.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2004 Dec;29(4):245-54.
PMID: 15707254 [PubMed - in process]
Brown, EE.
Excerpts from "Be Kind to Your Breath"
Shambhala Sun, July 2003, p. 58
Khan, Inayat
Teachings on Fikr (Meditation on the breath)
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
One-Shot Mind
Shambhala Sun | July 2009
Young JD, Taylor E.
Meditation as a Voluntary Hypometabolic State of Biological Estivation.*
News Physiol Sci. 1998 Jun;13:149-153.
PMID: 11390779 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Motluk A
Meditation builds up the brain
15 November 2005. NewScientist.com news service
Take a deep breath; meditation may boost brain size and increase mental perfromance, according to new research
Society for Neuroscience, News Release 13 Nov 2005
Vestergaard-Poulsen P, van Beek M, Skewes J, Bjarkam CR, Stubberup M,
Bertelsen J, Roepstorff A.
Long-term meditation is associated with increased gray matter density in the
brain stem.
Neuroreport. 2009 Jan 28;20(2):170-4.
PMID: 19104459
Lazar SW, Kerr CE, Wasserman RH, Gray JR, Greve DN, Treadway MT, McGarvey M,
Quinn BT, Dusek JA, Benson H, Rauch SL, Moore CI, Fischl B.
Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness.*
Neuroreport. 2005 Nov 28;16(17):1893-7.
PMID: 16272874
Orme-Johnson DW, et al.
Neuroimaging of meditation’s effect on brain reactivity to pain
Neuroreport. 2006 August 21; 17(12): 1359–1363.
Lutz A, Greischar LL, Rawlings NB, Ricard M, Davidson RJ.
Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental
practice.*
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Nov 16;101(46):16369-73. Epub 2004 Nov 8.
PMID: 15534199 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Telles S, Reddy SK, Nagendra HR.
Oxygen consumption and respiration following two yoga relaxation techniques.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2000 Dec;25(4):221-7.
PMID: 11218923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Kjaer TW, Bertelsen C, Piccini P, Brooks D, Alving J, Lou HC.
Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness.
Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2002 Apr;13(2):255-9.
PMID: 11958969 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Kubota Y, Sato W, Toichi M, Murai T, Okada T, Hayashi A, Sengoku A.
Frontal midline theta rhythm is correlated with cardiac autonomic activities
during the performance of an attention demanding meditation procedure.
Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2001 Apr;11(2):281-7.
PMID: 11275489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Barnes VA, Davis HC, Murzynowski JB, Treiber FA.
Impact of meditation on resting and ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate in youth.
Psychosom Med. 2004 Nov-Dec;66(6):909-14.
PMID: 15564357 [PubMed - in process]
Carlson LE, Speca M, Patel KD, Goodey E.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood,
symptoms of stress and levels of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and melatonin in breast and prostate cancer outpatients.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 May;29(4):448-74.
PMID: 14749092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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