Chakra Meditation Music as a Therapeutic Intervention for Prehypertension: A Study on Mental, Cognitive, and Physiological Parameters in Adults Aged 30–40
Shahana Mubeen1 , and. Kandarapu Geetha2
1PG Department of Home Science-Nutrition Food Service Management and Dietetics, Anna Adarsh College for Women, Chennai - 600040 (India) 2Department of Dietetics-(Home science -Clinical nutrition and dietetics), Sri Venkateswara institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati - 517501 (India)
ABSTRACT
Hypertension and prehypertension have been widely recognized as the main contributors to global mortality. In today’s demanding routine, we are being exposed to increasing levels of stress, which has become endemic. The only viable solution seems to be lifestyle modifications and altering one’s attitude towards stress and hypertension; as there are various traditional methods of meditation, the chakra meditation is one of the methods of meditation for all age groups, gender, religion and socio-economical groups. Therefore, the present study aimed to undertake with an intention to explore the effect of a holistic approach of chakra meditation music to manage stress and pre-hypertension and then compare them with non-meditators. The results show that a remarkable improvement in mental, intellectual and physiological health benefits among the experimental group compared to the control group. It was also observed that slight decrease in systolic blood pressure from 125.7 to 122.2 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure decreased from 85.4 to 83.4 mm Hg in experimental group. This shows that chakra meditation is soothing the mind, body and soul and helps in reducing the blood pressure levels and stress factors.