Effect of Heartfulness Meditation on Brain Waves and How Calm One Feels During Meditation
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Official title
Impact of Heartfulness Meditation on EEG (Brain Waves) and Meditation Depth
Brief summary
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Objectives: 1. To assess the EEG patterns and EKG recordings of participants with no meditation experience with simply closing the eyes for 10 minutes followed by relaxing for 30 minutes. 2. To assess the EEG patterns and EKG recordings of participants with no meditation experience by simply closing the eyes for 10 minutes and then with guided Heartfulness relaxation and meditation for 30 minutes. 3. To assess the baseline anxiety score through GAD-7 questionnaire, subjective experience of all the participants through MEDEQ questionnaire that measures the depth of the meditation experience after the session and correlate with the EEG patterns of the brain and heart rate changes. EEG and EKG data from the groups will be analyzed by the sleep specialist. EKG device data for HRV and the EEG data will be correlated with the subjective depth of meditation experience in both the groups
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04721379
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 80 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 30, 2021
- Primary completion
- Aug 14, 2022
- Completion
- Feb 14, 2023
- Last update posted
- Oct 10, 2021
2021 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WellSpan Dover Sleep Center | Dover | Pennsylvania | 17315 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Oct 10, 2021 · Synced Sep 11, 2026
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