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The Mathematical Characterization of the Complexity Matching during a Healing Circle Meditation
Naseha Wafa Qammar1, Minvydas Ragulskis1, Roza Joffe-Luiniene2
1Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences
|July 10, 2023
Summary
This study used a novel H-rank algorithm to measure complexity matching in heart rate variability (HRV) between healers and a healee during meditation. The H-rank algorithm successfully registered subtle changes in HRV complexity during the healing process.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Complexity Science
- Biophysics
Background:
- Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is crucial for understanding physiological states.
- Complexity matching is a theoretical concept suggesting interconnected systems exhibit similar complexity.
- Meditation and healing practices may influence physiological synchrony.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate complexity matching between healers' and a healee's HRV during a meditation protocol.
- To apply a novel mathematical approach, the H-rank algorithm, for assessing HRV complexity.
- To determine if the H-rank algorithm can detect subtle changes during a healing interaction.
Main Methods:
- Conducted an experiment with eight healers and one healee during a ~75-minute heart-focused meditation.
- Recorded high-resolution HRV signals with synchronized internal clocks.
- Employed the Hankel transform (H-rank) approach to reconstruct time series and measure algebraic complexity.
- Utilized embedding attractor techniques for state space visualization of H-rank.
Main Results:
- Demonstrated changes in reconstructed H-rank complexity between healers and the healee during the meditation healing phase.
- The H-rank algorithm successfully registered subtle shifts in HRV complexity.
- Observed complexity matching between the healers and healee's HRV signals.
Conclusions:
- The H-rank algorithm is capable of registering subtle changes in the healing process via HRV complexity matching.
- Complexity matching between healers and healee's HRV was observed during meditation.
- Further research is warranted to explore the underlying mechanisms of HRV matching.
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