Adverse Effects of Meditation: Autonomic Nervous System Activation and Individual Nauseous Responses During Samadhi Meditation in the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/24:00135806 RIV/61989592:15210/24:73624807

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-024-02024-5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-024-02024-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02024-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10943-024-02024-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Adverse Effects of Meditation: Autonomic Nervous System Activation and Individual Nauseous Responses During Samadhi Meditation in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Buddhist meditation practices, including Samadhi meditation, which forms the basis for mindfulness practice, are broadly promoted as pathways to wellbeing, but evidence of their adverse effects is emerging. In a single-group observational study with assessments of autonomic system before, during, and after Samadhi meditation, we explore the relationship between post-meditation nausea symptoms and the degree of change in autonomic system activity during meditation as compared to before and after in 57 university students (42 women; mean age = 22.6) without any previous experience in meditation or yoga practices. We hypothesize that nauseous feelings in meditation are connected to a rapid increase of activity in the sympathetic nervous system, as indicated by decreased heart-rate variability (HRV). We additionally explore links between meditation-induced nausea and two markers of parasympathetic activity: increased HRV and vasovagal syncope. Engaging in meditation and increased nausea during meditation were both associated with increased markers of HRV parasympathetic activity, but 12 individuals with markedly higher nausea demonstrated increased HRV markers of sympathetic activity during meditation. Vasovagal syncope was observed but found to be unrelated to nausea levels. Drivers of adverse effects of meditation in some individuals require further investigation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Religion &amp; Health

ISSN

0022-4197

e-ISSN

1573-6571

Volume of the periodical

63

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

4840-4860

UT code for WoS article

001200381200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85190092372