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Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health,

MEDITATION RESEARCH PROGRAMME. Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Natural Therapies Unit, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia International Fellow, INSEAD , France.

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Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health,

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  1. MEDITATION RESEARCH PROGRAMME Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc(med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Natural Therapies Unit, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia International Fellow, INSEAD, France

  2. experienced mental silence 85% Participant feedback from IBM Corporate Stressbuster Peaceful 97% Calm 98% 100 80 60 % of positive respondents 40 will improve performance of my organisation a helpful strategy for personal wellbeing a helpful strategy for personal stress will help colleague's deal with stress helpful for colleague's wellbeing will improve work performance will improve workplace morale intend to continue practice 20 interesting presentation relevant to organisation relevant to department presenter entertaining presenter informative personally relevant session productive presenter credible felt less stressed felt peaceful participative 0 Participant feedback from IBM Corporate Stressbuster- April 11, 2002, N=300

  3. National Long TermMeditators Survey • First of its kind • All Australian practitioners of homogenous, mental silence technique (Sahaja Yoga) • N=350, 2 to 30 years of practice • SF36, K10 (population norms available from 1996, 2001 national health surveys) • Basic demographics • Meditation lifestyle factors • Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association , “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.

  4. Long Term Meditators Survey “How often do you experience thoughtless awareness for a few minutes or more?”

  5. Health of Australian Meditators SYMeditators Clergy Australian Population Misc Meditators • Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association , “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.

  6. Health of Australian Meditators Mental Silence Meditators * * * * * * * * * Australian Population * * * • Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association , “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.

  7. Relationship Between Mental Silence & Mental Health Mental Health Score Mental Health Subscale of SF36

  8. Relationship Between Thoughtless Awareness & Mental Health r = 0.36, p < .001 Mental Health Score Mental Health Subscale of SF36

  9. Relationship Between Thoughtless Awareness & Mental Health * * National Average * Mental Health Score Mental Health Subscale of SF36

  10. Menopausal Hot Flushes • N=14, Single arm, uncontrolled, heuristic • Perimenopausal women • 8 weeks, 2x week at Royal Hospital for Women • 8 week follow up • No other pharmaceutical, herbal medications • Manocha R, Semmar B, Black D. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(3):266–273.

  11. Menopausal Hot FlushesPreliminary Study average • Manocha R, Semmar B, Black D. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(3):266–273.

  12. ADHD • N=60, Non randomised • Waiting list control • Children <12 yrs • Confirmed diagnosis of ADHD • Parent-adjusted doses of stimulant med’s • 6 weeks, 2x/week, Prince of Wales Hosp • Connors parent/teacher rating scale • Qualitative/quantitative feedback • Harrison L, Manocha R, Rubia K. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2004;9(4):479–497.

  13. Reduce Medication? • 19 taking medication at start • 6 reduced medication • 3 more stopped completely Harrison L, Manocha R, Rubia K. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2004;9(4):479–497.

  14. Asthma • N=59, RCT • Stress management control • Mod/severe sufferers, • receiving but unresponsive to maximal pharm’l therapy • 12 weeks, 1x week, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp • 8 week follow up • Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

  15. Asthma RCT Recruitment n=59 BASELINE Lung Function Symptom Diary QOL Mood AHR FOLLOW-UP Lung Function Symptom Diary QOL Mood AHR MEDITATIONMentalSilence POST-INTERVEN-TION Lung Function Symptom Diary QOL Mood AHR Randomised Stress management 16 week Intervention period, 1x/week 8 week follow-up • Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, • Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

  16. AsthmaMeditation vs Stress Management Airway Hyperresponsiveness Mood SY Meditation SY Meditation Stress Mgt Stress Mgt • Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, • Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008. Manocha et al, Thorax, 2002

  17. Work Stress • N=178, RCT • Relaxation, waiting list control • Full time workers • 8 weeks, 2x /week • Work related “Stress, anxiety and depression” • PSQ (OSI), DD (POMS), State Anxiety (STAI) • Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, • Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

  18. Our Study POST-INTERVENTION Stress OSI (PSQ) Depression POMS (DD) Anxiety STAI (state) BASELINE Stress OS (PSQ) Depression POMS (DD) Anxiety STAI (state) MEDITATION 1Mental Silence Recruitment N=178 MEDITATION 2Non-mentalsilence Randomised Waiting listNo intervention 8 week Intervention period, 2x/week, Each session approx 1 hour duration • Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, • Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

  19. Work StressMental Silence vs Contemplation SY mental silence Relaxation/contemplation Waiting list Psychological Strain % Mean Improvement, 95% CI • Manocha R. International Congress • of Behavioural Medicine, • Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

  20. POMS (DD) OSI (PSQ) STAI (St) OSI (PSQ) POMS (DD) STAI (St) OSI (PSQ) STAI (St) POMS (DD) • Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, • Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

  21. Health Professional Stress: GPs GPs after Treatment Australian population by comparison has only 36% 2 week home based program ¼ of all participants shift into low risk Manocha R, Gordon A, Black D, Malhi G, Seidler R Australian Family Physician (in press)

  22. Top Tier Law Firm Pre/post outcomes Manocha R, OHS Alert Newsletter, Issue 1, 13 Feb, 2009

  23. Skin Temperature Rest/generic meditation Sahaja Yoga/ Mental Silence • Manocha R, Black D, Ryan J, Stough C, 3rd Australian Conference on Spirituality and Health 2009, Adelaide

  24. High Resolution EEG Studies Aftanas, LI Golochekeine, SA Neuroscience Letters, 2001

  25. High Resolution EEG Studies

  26. High Resolution EEG Studies

  27. High Resolution EEG Studies

  28. High Resolution EEG Studies

  29. Sahaja Yoga Instructors Acknowledgements Research Participants ShriMataji School of Women’s & Children’s Health Royal Hospital for Women www.researchingmeditation.org

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