Brain Health With Inner Engineering Meditation

Description

This study will explore whether a 21-minute meditation practice called Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya leads to changes in brain health and explore how it affects cognitive and physiological function.

Conditions

Meditation, Brain; Agenesis

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Study overview

This study will explore whether a 21-minute meditation practice called Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya leads to changes in brain health and explore how it affects cognitive and physiological function.

Brain Health With Inner Engineering- Longitudinal Study of Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya Meditation (BLISS)

Brain Health With Inner Engineering Meditation

Condition
Meditation
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Individuals between the ages of 20-65 years.
  • * Subjects will be required to be able to understand study instructions and provide informed consent.
  • * Currently residing in Massachusetts.
  • * Non-English Speaking. (Justification: Meditation and cognitive assessment instruments are not validated in a sufficient range of languages, and the research team lacks polylingual capabilities or the financial resources to hire interpreters for the duration of all proposed assessments.)
  • * Practicing meditation regularly for the past 6 months (3 or more times per week of practice regularly for the past 6 month).
  • * History of psychiatric illness such as severe anxiety, severe depression, Schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
  • * History of any form of cognitive decline or neurological conditions such as dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, brain tumors, brain surgery.
  • * Current use of cognition enhancing drugs
  • * Current management for chronic pain.
  • * History (within the last 5 years) of stroke/aneurysm.
  • * Active history (within the last 5 years) of alcohol or drug abuse (\> 10 drinks per week).
  • * Current pregnancy or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months.
  • * Currently enrolled in another interventional study that could impact the primary outcome, as determined by the PI.
  • * Educational attainment below high school level or equivalent.
  • * Significant visual impairment.

Ages Eligible for Study

20 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

Balachundar Subramaniam, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2024-12