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A TM Primer and Quiz

When’s the best time to meditate? What’s the best position to sit in for TM practice? Is it possible to meditate even in a noisy place? What if I get sleepy? Why is the TM technique so easy compared to other techniques? What support is there after I take the course? I started TM to reduce stress—what’s the deal with “enlightenment”? Find Answers & Take the Quiz ►

Better Health

September 10, 2023

A Guide to Health and Happiness throughout the Year | 46:38

World-renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author Norman Rosenthal, M.D., discusses the importance of TM practice for mental health and other keys to enhancing personal development today. He also discusses his new book Defeating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder): A Guide to Health and Happiness through All Seasons.

The Arts

September 3, 2023

Sir Paul McCartney on TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TM Technique | 52:29

David Lynch Foundation CEO Bob Roth and host Mario Orsatti discuss excerpts from an interview with Paul McCartney by filmmaker David Lynch, in which Sir Paul talks about meeting TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and learning the TM technique in 1967. They also reflect on the McCartney family’s extended meeting with Maharishi in 1998.

Maharishi

August 27, 2023

Maharishi on the Characteristic Values of Higher States of Consciousness | 47:51

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answers questions from students about the evolution of higher states of consciousness and the characteristics of each state. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss highlights from this seminal 1971 talk. This encore episode first aired as part of “Taste of Utopia 2.0: Globally Transcending Together,” on May 15, 2021.

The Arts

August 20, 2023

Finding a Greater Purpose | 51:34

Chandrika Tandon is a globally recognized business leader, Grammy-nominated artist, and humanitarian. She is the founder of Tandon Capital Associates, director of the Krishnamurthy Tandon Foundation, and a Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of New York University, among other leadership roles. She talks about her extraordinary life and the keys to her success. This encore episode originally aired November 22, 2020.

The Arts

August 13, 2023

Making a Difference through Filmmaking | 46:26

Bill Duke is an actor, director, producer, and writer whose credits include Sister Act, Bird on a Wire, and X-Men 3. President Bill Clinton appointed him to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Directors Guild of America gave him a Lifetime Achievement Tribute. He discusses the impact of his 40+ years of TM practice on his career and personal life. This encore episode first aired on July 29, 2020.

The Arts

August 6, 2023

Ringo Starr on Cultivating Enlightenment and Peace for the Individual and the World | 51:43

In video excerpts from an interview with Ringo Starr, Bob Roth, and interviewer Matt Whyte on the podcast Sing for Science, Sir Richard Starkey MBE, aka Ringo, talks about meeting TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1960s and learning the TM technique. He also discusses his upbringing in Liverpool in the 1950s and being saved by music and the gift of meditation.

Maharishi

January 4, 2020

5 Choices to Help You Stay Young and Healthy in the New Year

Launch your new year by enhancing Ojas, the fountain of youth within. Integrative Ayurveda expert Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D., shares time-tested and evidence-based behaviors for rejuvenation and longevity.

Vedic Knowledge

June 27, 2017

What’s Your Emotional Type?

Take this quick quiz to find your heart-mind type. Ayurvedic expert Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf shares 5 easy tips to balance and nurture your emotional heart.

Better Health

September 26, 2016

What Is Stress, and What More Can I Do to Be Rid of It?

Dear Dr. Orme-Johnson, I have 3 questions: What is stress? How does TM get rid of stress? And what else can I do to reduce stress besides meditate?” —SK, New York

Better Health

May 14, 2020

TM Talks LIVE on Sundays—Join Special Guests for Insight, Inspiration, and Group Meditation

Enjoy live-streamed interviews with artists, scientists, health professionals, and experts in consciousness who practice the TM technique, every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Watch replays any time, with David Lynch, Dr. Fred Travis, Sharon Isbin, Dr. Norman Rosenthal, and others.

Better Health

June 27, 2017

Meditating Warrior Testifies to Congress | 6:16

At a U.S. House hearing on post-traumatic stress, Marine veteran Paul Downs tells the story of how TM saved his life.

Personal Growth

March 5, 2015

Deepen Your Experience with a TM Retreat | 4:11

For Chris Jackson, attending regular TM Retreats during the winter holidays has provided a restful rhythm to his year: “I come away with a tremendous boost in energy and creativity… The practice of TM and the retreats have been essential to my success in this business for 38 years.”

Maharishi

August 5, 2016

Where Do Thoughts Come From? | 2:34

Maharishi: It is very amazing that even though all of us have been thinking right from the beginning of our life, rarely we have thought, “Where was the thought before we thought it?”

TM in the News

May 25, 2016

American Institute of Stress: TM Heals PTSD | 7:47

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Fort Gordon, Georgia, offers the TM® technique to Service Members and veterans.

Education

May 25, 2016

Success at Aspire Ollin Prep Academy | 3:25

Discover what administrators, teachers, and students report about the TM®-based Quiet Time program at Aspire Ollin Preparatory Academy.

Creativity & the Arts

May 23, 2016

Jerry Seinfeld Talks Transcendental Meditation (TM) with Bob Roth | 60:00

With TM® “it’s like you have a cell phone, and then somebody gives you the charger. And you go, ‘Oh. Now I can get this thing up to a hundred any time I want.’ ” —Jerry Seinfeld

Science & Research

May 23, 2016

Dharma Parenting: Brain Science, TM, and Natural Medicine for Enlightened Child-Rearing | 3:30

Researchers use TM, brain science, and natural medicine to facilitate more enlightened child-rearing, providing tips to identify your child’s unique “body type” for decisions on diet, exercise, and behavior.

My Story

May 23, 2016

Calm Is the New Strong | 1:28

Millennials face nonstop demands, so many practice TM® to deal with stress. “I do it twice a day because it makes me think more clearly,” says singer/songwriter Sky Ferreira. “After I meditate, my mind is clear.”

“If we expose our system to this profound rest every day at the same time, then the cycle of rest and activity and freshness gets established. All effort should be made to be regular in meditation.” —Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Personal Growth

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Personal Growth

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Science & Research

20 Tips for TM Twice a Day

Better Health

How Is TM Different from Mindfulness, in Practice and Effects?

Better Health

The Benefits of Regular, Twice-Daily Meditation

Enlightenment Series

Cosmic Consciousness—Living the Fullness of Inner Silence and Bliss 24 Hours a Day

Personal Growth

20 Places to Meditate on the Go

Helping Others

Celebrating 50 Years of Teaching TM in African American Communities, 1969–2019

Creativity & the Arts

Continuous Creation

Artist Kuno Vollet creates iconic objects with fullness of emptiness at their center: “TM influenced my art from the beginning, because you have to be so relaxed, not tense, when you do your work… I get into a deeper and deeper state, and it’s just a flow, where there is no disturbance. The art is just being created.”

My Story

Trekking 1000s of Miles with TM

“After a very demanding and exhausting day, nothing is better than knowing that once I sit down to meditate, I will be reinvigorated and any negatives of the day will melt away,” writes Ted Stekkinger.
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