Title

Transforming personality traits (Gunas) through meditation: A randomized controlled trial

Authors

Chanchal Surywanshi¹, Kawal Krishan² & Danish Javed^{*, 3}

Affiliation

¹Department of Integrative Medicine, the Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research Kolar, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Hospital Administration, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of AYUSH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Chanchal Surywanshi - E-mail: dr.csyoga@gmail.com

Kawal Krishan - E-mail: kpandita.hospadmin@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Danish Javed - E-mail: danish.ayush@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Medical students often experience stress and maladaptive personality traits that affect mental health. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of a six-week Trimurti Dhyana (Meditation) Yoga intervention on personality traits (gunas) in 70 male medical students aged 18-30 years. The intervention group practiced daily meditation for 20 minutes, while the control group continued routine activities. Post-intervention, the meditation group showed a significant increase in Sattva and reductions in Rajas and Tamas scores as measured by the Vedic Personality Inventory. These findings suggest that Trimurti Dhyana Yoga is an effective, non invasive strategy for enhancing psychological resilience in high-stress populations.

Keywords

Yoga, meditation, personality traits, randomized controlled trial, stress, psychological, medical students

Citation

Surywanshi et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1340-1345 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.