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Mid-day meditation for advanced meditators
Nadaa Taiyab
September 25th, 2013
NTR 598
Founded by Paramhansa Yogananda
Daily practice of yoga meditation
Achieve bliss, peace, and liberation
30 min meditation morning & evening
Once a week group meditation
Practice calm and non-attachment
6 kriyas / 5 minutes of meditation mid-day is recommended
Strong desire to do this, but hard to remember and to motivate
How to build this habit during the day?
13 Participants: 12 Kriyabans, 1 non-SRF member
Personal friends from the SRF Phoenix Temple
Majority not practicing mid-day Kriyas on regular basis
Inspirational quote
Reminder
Smiley face response
Sent everyday at 12pm
• Motivation and inspiration
• Authority of the GuruQuote
• Habit trigger
• Give permissionReminder
• Accountability
• Social supportSmiley Face
This SMS intervention will help kriyabans increase weekly frequency of mid-day 6 Kriya practice
0.92
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Before Intervention During Intervention
Average Weekly Frequency of 6 Kriya Practice
• 10 / 12 Kriyabans
practiced all 6-7
days during
intervention!
• Non SRF-Member
only increased from
2 to 3
92% 92%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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90%
100%
Motivated by text messages Enjoyed Receiving the Text Messages
% of Participants
Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree
• 92% of strongly
agreed that the texts
motivated them to
practice
• 92% strongly
agreed that they
enjoyed receiving
the quotes
• Non SRF-Member
felt she could not
“relate to the
quotes”
100%
92%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Plan to continue practice Would like to cotinue receiving SMS
% of Participants
Yes No
• 100% plan to
continue to practice
• 92% would like to
continue to receive
quotes
“On Saturday I was feeling lousy and I didn’t want to meditate, but when I got the text message I sat down and did it.”
“One day I was about to sit down for a delicious lunch and suddenly I heard my phone go off! I had to stop my lunch and do the meditation.”
“The quotes were beautiful and inspiring.”
“It was so inspiring to be reminded with a text and also with an amazing quote. Each quote was so perfect and helpful. I wish I got one every day!”
“The quotes were a great motivator to get started on the meditations. I would love inspiring messages like these prior to all the meditations I do!”
“It gave me a reminder to think spiritually vs getting caught up in the world.”
Accountability of sending the smiley face
Inspiration of the quotes
Obligation to the group as part of the study
Trigger to perform the practice
“Yes I loved sending the smiley face. It was very motivating. I had no hesitation to sit
down and do 6 Kriyas because it was simply my duty as part of this study. My ego
couldn’t get in the way so I really loved it!”
Poll participants next week to measure frequency without SMS
92% want to continue in some fashion
Continue the program, but costs 5c/text message
75% participants willing to pay $2/month contribution
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