evidence for this carry-over effect: a large improvement after TM was maintained after subsequent SM. Specifically, the results show clear differences between the two treatment orders on change from baseline after SM for desirable arousal, active arousal, energy and pain in favour of the order with TM first. Because of the specific carry-over effect, subsequent magnitude-based inference of change after SM was conducted on only the treatment order with SM first. However, the results show no clear differences between the two treatment orders on change from baseline after TM for any of the measures. Therefore, magnitude-based inference of change after TM was conducted on the whole data set (the combined two treatment orders). These findings were supported by the results of the thematic construct analysis. Participants found that TM increased energy and addressed pain levels, with the effects being long-lasting: “The sessions set me up for the week” (33a, 5:17) “I felt MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 17 that the Thai therapy had an incremental improvement in my energy” (19, 2:39); “My pain levels have reduced immensely and my energy have increased tenfold 16:38) Content analysis also revealed that in response to SM, from baseline to crossover and final interview, participants experienced deep relaxation, reduction in tiredness, de-stressing, mentally relaxing and an alleviation of muscular aches and pains. TM, over the same time periods showed invigoration, energising, reduction in tiredness, motivating, improved mental clarity and focus, increase in physical body awareness. At crossover 90% of participants reported SM as exceeded/surpassed expectations, at final interview 50% of participants reported SM as exceeding or surpassing expectations. At crossover 60% of participants reported TM as exceeded/surpassed expectations, with 67% reporting TM as exceeding or surpassing expectations. This indicates that SM exceeds expectations to a greater degree than TM; indications are that TM has a longerlasting effect (See Figure 1). The results for SM (See Supplementary Materials A, Tab 4 related t-test, and Figure 4, Panel 1) showed that the moderate change in tiredness (subscale) was likely negative (reduction), the moderate-to-large change in tiredness (single-item scale) was likely negative (reduction), the small change in pain was likely positive (increase in pain) and the small change in desirable arousal were possibly positive. Place Figure 4 here. Comparisons of mean scores on outcome measures between conditions. MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 18 Content and Thematic analysis support these findings. At CO Content Analysis results found SM n = 10 (100%) experienced improved relaxation, calmness and reduced stress. Results of Thematic Analysis showed n = 9 participants experienced an improvement in sleep or sleep inducing effects. The results for TM on the whole data set (See Supplementary Materials A, Tab 4 related t-test, and Figure 4, Panel 2) show that the large changes in desirable arousal and energy were most likely positive, the large changes in tiredness (subscale) and tiredness (single-item scale) were most likely negative (reduction), the large change in active arousal was likely positive and the moderate change in tension was likely negative (reduction). The same pattern of results occurred for TM when only the data for the treatment order SM first were analysed (See Supplementary Materials A, Tab 5 related t-test [additional]). In the content analysis of the final interviews desirable arousal was demonstrated: n = 8 (89%) cited TM as Energising/ awakening/ invigorating/ promotes wellness, and n = 5 (56%) found they Slept better/ relaxing/calming. The results of thematic content analysis established active arousal in that: “TM, though very relaxing, seemed to stimulate (mind and body) when I felt fatigued” (21, 2:42,43; “I felt much more energised following my treatment. Slept quite well this week and felt more mentally awake” (1, 1:7,8,9) Difference in change from baseline between treatments. Descriptive statistics and effect sizes (See Table 1, a) over all data indicate a small or moderate difference MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 19 in the change from baseline between SM and TM on the outcome measures. However, moderate or large differences on desirable arousal, active arousal, energy and tiredness (subscale) when SM came first (See Table 1, b), but more detailed analysis indicates no or a small difference on most measures when TM came first (See Table 1, c). These results are again indicative of a specific carryover effect, where a large improvement after TM is maintained after subsequent SM. The results of magnitude-based inference (See Supplementary Materials A, Tab 3 unrelated t-test 3 unrelated t-test dSbTb) provide further statistical evidence for this carry-over effect. Specifically, the two treatments were compared on change from baseline. Clear differences between the two treatment orders were found on this comparison for desirable arousal, active arousal, energy, tiredness (subscale) and pain, with bigger differences when SM came first. Because of this carry-over effect, subsequent magnitude-based inference of the comparison between the treatments on change from baseline was