Aim: The aim of present study was to study the effect of Anapanasati meditation on lipid profile and lipid peroxide levels among short term meditators (practicing meditation for less than 6 months), long term meditators( practicing meditation for 6months to 5 yrs) and nonmeditators.

Method: The study included 30 short term, 30 long term meditators & 30 non meditators.To assess lipid profile & lipid peroxide levels 6ml of blood was venous blood was collected with asceptic precaution. Serum total cholesterol, HDL,LDL, triglycerides were estimated by their respective reagents Lipid peroxide level was estimated by measuring serum malondialdehyde (MDA) levels .One way ANOVA was used for simultaneous multiple group comparison followed by Post-hoc Tukey’s test for group-wise comparisons.

Results & Conclusion: On analysis of results, it was found that there was significant decrease in total cholesterol (p<0.001) and LDL-cholesterol (p<0.001), along with significant increase in HDL-cholesterol (p<0.01) in long term meditator and short term meditators when compared to non meditators. And similar significant difference was found between long term meditators and short term meditators.

Results: showed that there was significant reduction in triglycerides (p<0.001) in long term meditators compared to short term mediators and non-meditators. On analysis of results of lipid peroxidation it was found that there was highly significant (p<0.001) reduction in the level of lipid peroxides in long term meditators and short term meditators compared to non meditators. And also there was highly significant (p< 0.001) reduction in the level of lipid peroxides in long term meditators compared to short term meditators. It was concluded that meditation improves lipid profile anddereaseslipid peroxide levels. Improvement continues further by increasing the duration of meditation.

Keywords: Meditation; Lipid Profile; Lipid Peroxides.