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Meditation Practice Improves Short-Term Changes in Heart Rate Variability

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  • Kang-Ming Chang

    (Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, 41354 Taichung, Taiwan
    Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, 40402 Taichung, Taiwan)

  • Miao-Tien Wu Chueh

    (Sacred Light Heart Chan Association, 103613 Taipei, Taiwan)

  • Yi-Jung Lai

    (Department of Early Childhood Educare, Wu Feng University, 62153 Chiayi, Taiwan)

Abstract

Background: It is well known that meditation improves the physical and psychological condition of its practitioners. This study investigated the heart rate variability response of meditation practitioners in two Chan master teaching environments, namely face-to-face and video classes. Methods: Experimental sessions were conducted, one featuring face-to-face classes and the other featuring video classes. The difference in participants’ physiological parameters (blood pressure and heart rate variability) between the two experimental sessions was determined. In the first session, physiological parameters were recorded twice, before and after one teaching course, and the second session took place one month after the first. The first and second sessions had 45 and 27 participants, respectively. Those involved in the first experiment had no experience with meditation, whereas participants in the second experiment had practiced meditation for an average of 9 years (range = 1 to 27 years). Both experiments were conducted once a week, with each session lasting 1.5 h. Results: For both experiments, both heart rate and heart rate variability by age significantly decreased after one teaching course. Conclusions: Chan meditation practitioners benefit from receiving both face-to-face and video class teaching from a Chan master.

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  • Kang-Ming Chang & Miao-Tien Wu Chueh & Yi-Jung Lai, 2020. "Meditation Practice Improves Short-Term Changes in Heart Rate Variability," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-9, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:6:p:2128-:d:335848
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    1. Ido Amihai & Maria Kozhevnikov, 2014. "Arousal vs. Relaxation: A Comparison of the Neurophysiological and Cognitive Correlates of Vajrayana and Theravada Meditative Practices," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-16, July.
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    1. Lourdes Díaz-Rodríguez & Keyla Vargas-Román & Juan Carlos Sanchez-Garcia & Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque & Guillermo Arturo Cañadas-De la Fuente & Emilia I. De La Fuente-Solana, 2021. "Effects of Meditation on Mental Health and Cardiovascular Balance in Caregivers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-11, January.

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