Figure 1.
Representative temperature data taken at armpit and left fourth finger of one of the Study 1 participants during BGB and MGB.
Figure 2.
Hand position during g-tummo meditation.
Table 1.
Initial (t0) and final (t1) CBT for each of the four practices.
Figure 3.
CBT increases for Study 1 participants #1, #3, and #4 during BFB, BGB, MFB, and MGB performed in a continuous sequence.
Since the duration of each of the four practices varied from participant to participant, to simplify the figure presentation, the duration of each practice is rescaled from 0 to 1, with t0 the starting point of each practice, and t1 the ending point.
Figure 4.
CBT rise time for Study 1 participant #4 during BFB.
The rise time is taken as the time during which the CBT rises from 10% to 90% of its maximum value.
Table 2.
Regression coefficients δ, intercepts, duration ΔT and rise time ΔTr.
Figure 5.
CBT increases during FB meditation in Study 1as a function of alpha power increases during MFB over BFB (solid line represents regression).
Figure 6.
CBT increases during baseline and BFB in Study 2.
Figure 7.
CBT increases during FB as performed by a Western non-meditator and a Western g-tummo practitioner.
The vertical dashed lines indicate the beginning/end of different phases of the practice; (A, Western non-meditator): rest, BFB, rest, BFB, rest, and (B, Western g-tummo pract itioner): rest, BFB, rest, MFB, rest.