In this excerpt from his thesis, Dr Ramesh Manocha discusses the taxonomy of meditation and where mental silence based meditation might fit.
In the context of Cahn’s proposition of categorising techniques according to their underlying experience, mindfulness meditation and Sahaja Yoga meditation (SYM) may belong to similar places on the physiological and clinical spectrum since both [...]
Dr Manocha discusses adverse events in medicine and how they relate to meditation in this excerpt from his thesis:
The International Conference on Harmonisation adopted a definition of adverse events (AEs) designed to facilitate systematic recording of all untoward events occurring in clinical trials. An AE does not necessarily require a plausible association; rather its definition [...]
In this excerpt from his thesis, Dr Manocha discusses the wider implications of his research results.
“Mental silence, and its associated yogic philosophy, may provide a basis for a taxonomy of meditation that is practically useful in the delivery of healthcare. An intervention with a specific effect such as SYM (sahaja yoga meditation) has a wide [...]