Transcendental Meditation can help you relax

De-stress science: Dr Travis placing electrodes to detect EEG signals while the subject practises Transcendental Meditation.

PETALING JAYA: Transcen­dental Meditation has health benefits, including reducing stress and promoting cohe­rent brain functions, says neuroscientist Dr Fred Travis.

He said stress shuts down the prefrontal cortex which is responsible for the attention, planning, organising, impulse control and moral reasoning functions of the brain.