Effect of om chanting and yoga nidra on blood pressure and lipid profile in hypertension – A randomized controlled trial

Effects of Static Meditation Practice on Blood Lipid Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…The search strategy yielded a total of 645 results, and, after the article screening process ( Figure 1 ), 16 studies were included in this literature review [ 32 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ]. The full-text version of two articles was not retrievable online, and these studies were therefore excluded from this research [ 58 , 59 ].…”

“…As shown in Table 1 , the studies included in this systematic review were six RCTs [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ], four controlled trials without randomization [ 32 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], a pre–post experiment [ 52 ], and five observational studies [ 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ].…”

“…The control group consisted of individuals not engaged in any meditation program. Although the observed benefits were primarily evident in terms of lowered triglyceride and total cholesterol levels [ 44 , 45 , 46 ], the variations between the intervention and control groups did not reach statistical significance in all instances (see Table 1 for additional details). In particular, the studies reporting statistically significant results favoring the intervention focused on a demographic consisting of younger individuals who were generally in good health or sub-healthy, with high levels of stress but no previous history of heart diseases [ 44 , 45 , 46 ].…”

“…Table 2 provides a synthesis of study outcomes concerning the impact of static meditation techniques on blood lipid levels. In particular, the examined meditation techniques included Ayurvedic-based practices like Transcendental or Yoga Meditation (excluding body movements) [ 43 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 50 , 51 , 55 , 57 ], mindfulness [ 44 , 49 , 52 ], and meditation techniques deeply rooted in Eastern spirituality (such as Korean, Zen, Buddhist, and Tibetan practices) [ 32 , 48 , 53 , 54 , 56 ]. The results outlined in Table 2 indicate that Ayurvedic-based meditation techniques were predominantly associated with lower total cholesterol levels, mindfulness-based techniques demonstrated benefits in both total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and Eastern meditation techniques with spiritual origins were primarily linked to improved serum concentrations of HDL cholesterol.…”

“…The study quality assessment of the RCTs included in this review is reported in Table 3 [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ]. The blinding of participants and the concealment of the outcome assessment were not deemed relevant for the reasons explained in the Methods section (see Section 2.7 ).…”