Title

Impact of heartfulness meditation on psychophysiological parameters among medical students

Authors

Anupama Gupta¹, Suniti Pandey², Rajeshwari Hegde³ & J J Tambe^4,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiology, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Anatomy, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ⁴Pediatrician, C.G.H.S. Hospital, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Anupama Gupta - E mail: anu.suraksha@gmail.com

Suniti Pandey - E mail: dr.suniti@yahoo.co.in

Rajeshwari Hegde - E-mail: rajeshwari.tce@bmsce.ac.in

J J Tambe - E mail: jjtambe@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

The shift from school to medical college is a demanding phase, during which many first-year MBBS students encounter stress, emotional strain and physiological imbalance that can hinder academic performance and personal well-being. In response, the Indian National Medical Commission has integrated yoga and meditation practices into the Foundation Course under the Competency Based Medical Education framework to promote resilience and holistic growth. Hence, a cross-sectional observational study was conducted at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, across five student cohorts, where participants engaged in a single 20–25-minute Heartfulness meditation session with yogic transmission. Following the intervention, nearly 90% of students experienced deep relaxation and statistically significant reductions (p < 0.001) in pulse and respiratory rates were observed, indicating immediate physiological and psychological benefits.

Keywords

Indian National Medical Commission (NMC), Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME), heartfulness meditation, yogic transmission

Citation

Gupta et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4643-4647 (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.