Mantra meditation proves its power to lower blood pressure. In a recent study the American Heart Association' Journal "Hypertension", researchers report that Mantra meditation beat out two other nonmedical approaches to hypertension. Individuals who practiced mantra mediation lowered their blood pressure significantly more that those assigned to a group instructed on lifestyle modification, and twice as much as participants who used progressive muscle relaxation ( a technique that tenses and relaxes muscles throughout the body). In fact, the reductions achieved by mantra meditation are comparable to those achieved by use of antihypertensive drugs.