Sahand University of Technology Researchers Provide New Data on Mind-Body Therapy (The Effect of Yoga Meditation and Metronomic Breathing on Physiological Parameters: A Study of Heart Rate Variability).

A study conducted by researchers at Sahand University of Technology in Tabriz, Iran, explored the effects of yoga meditation and metronomic breathing on physiological parameters, specifically heart rate variability (HRV). The study found significant differences in HRV indices between yoga meditation and other conditions, indicating that the proposed measures based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) can effectively differentiate HRV signals of meditators. The research suggests that these findings can contribute to a better understanding of the effects of meditation techniques on neuroautonomic function and physiological parameters. The full study can be accessed in the Iranian Journal of Medical Physics. [Extracted from the article]