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Black, D. S., Milam, J., & Sussman, S. (2009).  Pediatrics. 124(3), e532-e541.
This article reviewed empirical studies on the effects of sitting- meditative practices in
school, clinic, and community settings for youth ages 6 to 18 years. The review was motivated
by a growing body of research that documents positive health and cognitive outcomes among
adults. The purpose of [...]

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Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 87-98; Pace, T. W. W., Negi, L. T., Adame, D. D., Cole, S. P., Sivilli, T. I., Brown, T. D., Issa, M. J., & Raison, C.L. (2009).

Meditation practices may impact physiological pathways that are modulated by stress and relevant to disease. While much attention has been paid to meditation practices [...]

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Thursday, April 1st, 2010; Munzer Auditorium, Stanford University
Together with Alan Wallace and three-dozen collaborating researchers, we are investigating how attentional, emotional and physiological processes change over the course of three months of intensive training in meditative quiescence and emotional balance, in a study known as “The Shamatha Project.” Scientific measures include [...]

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from Psychol Med. 2009 Nov 27:1-14.
Chiesa A, Serretti A.
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Italy.

BACKGROUND: Mindfulness meditation (MM) practices constitute an important group of meditative practices that have received growing attention. The aim of the present paper was to systematically review current evidence on the neurobiological changes and [...]

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from Prim Care. 2010 Mar;37(1):81-90
Fortney L, Taylor M.
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Luke.Fortney@fammed.wisc.edu

Meditation practice in the medical setting is proving to be an excellent adjunctive therapy for many illnesses and an essential and primary means of maintaining holistic health and wellness. Rather than being [...]

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from BMC Psychiatry. 2010 Mar 19;10(1):23
Williams JM, Russell IT, Crane C, Russell D, Whitaker CJ, Duggan DS, Barnhofer T, Fennell MJ, Crane R, Silverton S.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Depression is often a chronic relapsing condition, with relapse rates of 50-80% in those who have been [...]

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from Eur J Appl Physiol. 2005 Sep;95(1):88-95
Cysarz D, Büssing A.
Chair of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, 58313, Herdecke, Germany. d.cysarz@rhythmen.de
The impact of meditation on cardiorespiratory synchronization with respect to breathing oscillations and the modulations of heart rate induced by respiration (respiratory sinus arrhythmia, RSA) was investigated in this study. Four different exercises [...]

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from  Int J Cardiol. 2008 Nov 28;130(3):481-4.
Phongsuphap S, Pongsupap Y, Chandanamattha P, Lursinsap C.
This study aims at investigating changes in heart rate variability (HRV) measured during meditation. The statistical and spectral measures of HRV from the RR intervals were analyzed. Results indicate that meditation may have different effects on health depending on frequency of the [...]

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from the journal Int J Mol Med. 2005 Oct;16(4):621-30
Stefano GB, Esch T.
Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA. gstefano@sunynri.org
Relaxation techniques are part of the integrative medicine movement that is of growing importance for mainstream medicine. Complementary medical therapies have the potential to affect many physiological [...]

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from the journal Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007 Jun;(155):1-263
Ospina MB, Bond K, Karkhaneh M, Tjosvold L, Vandermeer B, Liang Y, Bialy L, Hooton N, Buscemi N, Dryden DM, Klassen TP.
OBJECTIVES: To review and synthesize the state of research on a variety of meditation practices, including: the specific meditation practices examined; the research [...]

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