Meditation Based Lifestyle Modification in Healthy Individuals (MBLM-H)

Diakonie Kliniken Zschadraß

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mantra Meditation + Body-Oriented Yoga; Mantra Meditation + Ethical Living; Mantra Meditation; Mantra Meditation + Body-Oriented Yoga + Ethical Living

Treatments: Behavioral: Mantra Meditation; Behavioral: Ethical Living; Behavioral: Yoga Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04252976

MBLM-H

Details and patient eligibility

About

MBLM is a holistic therapy for people with mental disorders whose positive effects on patients with depression have already been demonstrated in clinical use and a pilot study. In the present study, the differential effects of MBLM domains (ethical living, healthy lifestyle, and mantra meditation) on healthy volunteers will be investigated.

Full description

MBLM expands existing concepts of mind-body medicine with ethical and spiritual concepts from the traditional Patanjali yoga system, which can act as a coping factor on the one hand, and higher motivation and deepening of practice (physical yoga exercises / mantra Meditation). MBLM aims to establish an exercise routine in the daily lives of the participants, which leads to salutogenesis. The promotion of mental health through meditation and yoga has been well documented (Büssing et al., 2012, Sedlmeier, Ebert, & Schwarz, 2012), also in clinical populations (Ospina et al., 2007). The preventive potential of the MBLM program will be examined for healthy volunteers, analogous to the already well-researched and widely used Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Psychiatric disorder
2. Current participation in another meditation or yoga study
3. Regular existing meditation or yoga practice (more than once a week in the last 6 months)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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57 participants in 4 patient groups

Mantra Meditation

Experimental group

Description:

8 weeks of mantra meditation with weekly group sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mantra Meditation

Mantra Meditation plus Ethical Practice

Experimental group

Description:

8 weeks of mantra meditation plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mantra Meditation

Behavioral: Ethical Living

Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises

Experimental group

Description:

8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises with weekly group sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga Exercises

Behavioral: Mantra Meditation

Mantra Meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus Ethical Practice

Experimental group

Description:

8 weeks of mantra meditation plus Yoga Exercises plus ethical practice with weekly group sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga Exercises

Behavioral: Mantra Meditation

Behavioral: Ethical Living