1 Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Natural Therapies Unit, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia International Fellow, INSEAD, France

Participant feedback from IBM Corporate Stressbuster % of positive respondents Participant feedback from IBM Corporate Stressbuster- April 11, 2002, N= presenter credible presenter informative presenter entertaining interesting presentation participativesession productive felt less stressed felt peaceful personally relevant relevant to department relevant to organisation intend to continue practice a helpful strategy for personal stress a helpful strategy for personal wellbeing will improve work performance helpful for colleague's wellbeing will improve workplace morale will help colleague's deal with stress will improve performance of my organisation

National Long Term Meditators Survey -First of its kind -All Australian practitioners of homogenous, mental silence technique (Sahaja Yoga) -N=350, 2 to 30 years of practice -SF36, K10 (population norms available from 1996, 2001 national health surveys) -Basic demographics -Meditation lifestyle factors -Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association, “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.

Long Term Meditators Survey

Health of Australian Meditators Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association, “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.

Health of Australian Meditators Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association, “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, * * * * * * * * * * * *

Relationship Between Mental Silence & Mental Health Mental Health Subscale of SF36 Mental Health Score

Relationship Between Thoughtless Awareness & Mental Health Mental Health Subscale of SF36 Mental Health Score

Relationship Between Thoughtless Awareness & Mental Health Mental Health Subscale of SF36 * * * Mental Health Score

Menopausal Hot Flushes -N=14, Single arm, uncontrolled, heuristic -Perimenopausal women -8 weeks, 2x week at Royal Hospital for Women -8 week follow up -No other pharmaceutical, herbal medications -Manocha R, Semmar B, Black D. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(3):266–273.

Menopausal Hot Flushes Preliminary Study Manocha R, Semmar B, Black D. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(3):266–273.

ADHD -N=60, Non randomised -Waiting list control -Children <12 yrs -Confirmed diagnosis of ADHD -Parent-adjusted doses of stimulant med’s -6 weeks, 2x/week, Prince of Wales Hosp -Connors parent/teacher rating scale -Qualitative/quantitative feedback -Harrison L, Manocha R, Rubia K. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2004;9(4):479– 497.

Reduce Medication? -19 taking medication at start -6 reduced medication -3 more stopped completely Harrison L, Manocha R, Rubia K. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2004;9(4):479–497.

Asthma -N=59, RCT -Stress management control -Mod/severe sufferers, -receiving but unresponsive to maximal pharm’l therapy -12 weeks, 1x week, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp -8 week follow up -Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

Asthma RCT MEDITATION Mental Silence Recruitment n=59 Recruitment n=59 Randomised 8 week follow- up 16 week Intervention period, 1x/week Stress management Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

Asthma Meditation vs Stress Management SY Meditation Stress Mgt Airway HyperresponsivenessMood Manocha et al, Thorax, 2002 SY Meditation Stress Mgt Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

Work Stress -N=178, RCT -Relaxation, waiting list control -Full time workers -8 weeks, 2x /week -Work related “Stress, anxiety and depression” -PSQ (OSI), DD (POMS), State Anxiety (STAI) Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

Our Study Recruitment N=178 Recruitment N=178 8 week Intervention period, 2x/week, Each session approx 1 hour duration 8 week Intervention period, 2x/week, Each session approx 1 hour duration MEDITATION 1 Mental Silence Randomised Waiting list No intervention MEDITATION 2 Non-mental silence Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

Work Stress Mental Silence vs Contemplation SY mental silence Relaxation/contemplation Waiting list Psychological Strain % Mean Improvement, 95% CI Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

POMS (DD) STAI (St) OSI (PSQ) POMS (DD) STAI (St) OSI (PSQ) POMS (DD) STAI (St) OSI (PSQ) Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.

Australian population by comparison has only 36% GPs after Treatment ¼ of all participants shift into low risk 2 week home based program Health Professional Stress: GPs Manocha R, Gordon A, Black D, Malhi G, Seidler R Australian Family Physician (in press)

Top Tier Law Firm Manocha R, OHS Alert Newsletter, Issue 1, 13 Feb, 2009

Sahaja Yoga/ Mental Silence Skin Temperature Rest/generic meditation Manocha R, Black D, Ryan J, Stough C, 3 rd Australian Conference on Spirituality and Health 2009, Adelaide

High Resolution EEG Studies Aftanas, LI Golochekeine, SA Neuroscience Letters, 2001

High Resolution EEG Studies

Acknowledgements Sahaja Yoga Instructors Research Participants Shri Mataji School of Women’s & Children’s Health Royal Hospital for Women