Monitoring the neural activity associated with praying in Sahaja Yoga meditation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sahaja Yoga Meditation draws on many religious traditions and uses a variety of techniques including Christian prayer to reach a state known as thoughtless awareness, or mental silence. While there are many studies on the neural correlates of meditation, few studies have focused on the neural correlates of praying. Thus, the aim of our research was to study the neural activity associated with the prayer practices in Sahaja Yoga Mediation, which have not been studied before, to explore effects beyond repetitive speech or "mantra effects". Sixteen experienced Sahaja Yoga Meditation practitioners were scanned using task based functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging while performing formalised and improvised forms of praying and their equivalent secular tasks.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Perez-Diaz O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642040 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature