Department of Yoga, School of Yoga Naturopathy and Cognitive Studies, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226025, India. Electronic address: deepeshwar.singh@gmail.com.
2 papers in the library · 4 citations · publishing 2024-2025
College students who practiced the Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT) for one month showed improved cognitive performance and heart rate variability compared with those who rested supine. In a randomized controlled study of 50 experienced yoga practitioners aged 19–30, the MSRT group had significant changes in heart rate variability at rest, during a Stroop task, and afterward, along with better accuracy and faster reaction times. No significant changes occurred in the supine rest group. MSRT may help college students cope with stress and enhance cognitive and psychophysiological function.
Practicing the mind sound resonance technique (MSRT), a meditative relaxation approach, improved oxygenation in the right prefrontal cortex and altered heart rate variability—increasing low-frequency and decreasing high-frequency components—compared to baseline in college students aged 19–30. Fifty volunteers (30 women, 20 men) were split into MSRT and supine rest groups. MSRT also showed a significant difference from supine rest in the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals of heart rate variability. Self-reported mindfulness and anxiety were measured before and after. The evidence suggests MSRT may help develop anxiety-related coping skills by promoting prefrontal cortex oxygenation and modulating heart rate variability.