Improving Health
through the
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION and
TM-SIDHI Programme

A five-year study of medical care utilisation statistics on 2,000 people throughout the U.S. who regularly practised the Transcendental Meditation Programme found that their overall rate of hospitalisation was 56% lower than the norm. The group practising the Transcendental Meditation technique had fewer hospital admissions in all disease categories compared to the norm—including 87% less hospitalisation for cardiovascular disease, 55% less for cancer, 87% less for diseases of the nervous system, and 73% less for nose, throat, and lung problems.

References:

1. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 493–507.
2. American Journal of Health Promotion (1996, in press).

 

This chart shows three-year averages of medical expenses for physicians services of participants before and after practice of the Transcendental Meditation Programme. In this study, government payments for physicians' services (approximately 20% of total medical expenses) were examined for 677 Quebec health plan enrolees who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme. During the three years prior to beginning the Transcendental Meditation Programme, subjects' expenses (adjusted for inflation, age, and gender) did not change significantly. After learning the Transcendental Meditation Programme, subjects adjusted expenses declined significantly by 5%–7% annually.

References:

1. American Journal of Health Promotion (1996, in press).
2. Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987): 493–507.
3. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 95 (1)(1988): A56.

Conclusion

The deep rest and influence of orderliness provided by the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programmes allow the immune system and other self-healing processes of the body to restore normal, healthy physiological functioning, resulting in better general health and the prevention of disease.