Abstract

MEDITATION AND GAYATHRI MANTRA FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFESTYLE CHANGE HEALTH HAZARDS

Atmakuri Phani Krishna Chaitanya Kumar* and Geetha Viswanathan

ABSTRACT

The present research leads to study the meditation and Gayathri Mantra for the Improvement of lifestyle change health hazards. For this, four groups with 10 subjects in each group (i.e., a total of 40 subjects; both sexes) with ages ranging from 25 to 48 years were selected. The groups were made on the following criteria: suffering with Obese and Sugar (Group-1), suffering with Obese, Weakness and Sugar in Border (Group-2), suffering with Obese, Hyper Tension and Sugar (Group-3), and suffering with Spondylities (Group-4). All four groups of subjects received the same regular training in meditation and listening of ―Gayathri Mantra‖. This consisted of different Pranayama (voluntary regulation of breathing), meditation, devotional sessions and lectures on the theory and philosophy of ―Gayathri Mantra‖. In addition, according to their random allocation to different groups, subjects were asked to practice meditation. All the subjects were under observation for 40 days with regularly BP and sugar level were monitored. Data were expressed as mean ±S.D. of 10 subjects in each group and the results were statistically evaluated using Wilcoxan’s paired signed rank test. Results revealed that practice of meditation and listening of ―Gayathri Mantra‖ resulted in a significant decrease in obese, hypertension, sugar, weakness and spondylitis. The results support the view that the conscious meditation and listening of ―Gayathri Mantra‖ could lead to a generalized modulation of processing of signals.

Keywords: Meditation, Gayathri Mantra.