Does Buddhism walking meditation improve depression, functional fitness, and vascular reactivity in depressed elderly compared to a traditional walking program?
Buddhist walking meditation may offer superior benefits for depression, functional fitness, and vascular reactivity in depressed elderly patients compared to traditional walking.
Buddhist walking meditation was effective in reducing depression, improving functional fitness and vascular reactivity, and appears to confer greater overall improvements than the traditional walking program.
Prakhinkit et al. (Sat,) studied this question.