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10 Things Every Meditator Should Know

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 ►

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.

Education

July 30, 2023

What It Takes to Be a Winner in Sports and in Life | 54:21

Lawrence Eyre, the 2009 U.S. Tennis Professionals Association “High School Coach of the Year,” discusses the key role that the TM program played in his successful 30+ years of coaching. He also discusses his experience teaching in a high school where TM practice is part of the daily routine of all students, faculty, and staff.

Better Health

July 23, 2023

Newly Published Health Research on the TM Technique | 50:49

Mark Nestor, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead author of research published in March 2023 showing the rapid effects of regular TM practice on health and well-being. He discusses the study conducted at three hospitals in South Florida, which showed important improvements in health and well-being in as little as two weeks of TM practice.

Business Success

July 2, 2023

TM in the Life of a Young, International Executive | 45:42

Benedetta Riva, Hedge Funds Specialist in Global Wealth Management at UBS, talks about how her TM practice has helped her navigate the challenges of professional life in New York City, London, and Zurich. She was also a Managing Consultant at Mastercard for U.K. banks and financial tech clients. This encore episode first aired on October 30, 2022.

Personal Growth

June 18, 2023

TM, Fathers, and Family Life | 56:45

In celebration of Father’s Day, Tom Masuga reflects on the joys and challenges of family life. He is the 4th in a family of 14 children and a father himself. He also discusses the influence on his family of his longtime TM practice, and his experience becoming a Certified TM Teacher after working with a petroleum company for 36 years.

Maharishi

June 11, 2023

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Complete Knowledge of Consciousness | 48:40

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi discusses the importance of both the experience of TM and the complete knowledge of consciousness. He talks about the founding of Maharishi International University, and its ability to inspire universities to integrate the study and experience of TM in their curriculum. Host Mario Orsatti comments on the interview, which took place in Arcata, California, in July 1972.

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.”

Vedic Knowledge

May 3, 2019

Welcome to DrTonyNader.com, a Site for the Exploration of Higher States of Consciousness

Explore the knowledge of human potential and evidence-based solutions for the intractable problems facing our world today, on a new website from the director of the worldwide TM organizations, Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R.

Enlightenment Series

July 17, 2020

7 States of Consciousness—Unlimited Possibilities for Personal Development

In The Supreme Awakening: Experiences of Enlightenment throughout Time—and How You Can Cultivate Them, Dr. Craig Pearson describes how “Each state of consciousness is a progressive stage of awakening, of enlightenment. Each opens a distinctive new world of experience and knowledge,” with experiences from TM practitioners.

Personal Growth

May 3, 2017

Accelerate Your Growth to Enlightenment

Enrich your TM practice and boost your personal growth by taking advantage of TM Advanced Techniques.

Better Health

May 11, 2021

Exploring the Connectome: A New Approach to Integrative Medicine | 19:41

There’s an urgent need for effective alternative approaches to health care in a post-pandemic world. Mind-body medical professionals join hands to create a new model that incorporates the four domains of health in the connectome, “health artisanry,” and more.

TM in the News

October 3, 2017

His Invention Saves Lives, Wildlife, and Millions of Acres in 115 Countries | 9:04

National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee Don Arney credits TM in the innovation process that led him to invent the famous Bambi Bucket.®

Better Health

February 28, 2016

Thriving with Bipolar: A Conversation with Writer/Director Paul Dalio | 8:32

Based on his own struggles with bipolar disorder, Paul Dalio wrote and directed Touched with Fire, a film exploring the passionate romance of two poets living with the condition.

TM in the News

January 27, 2016

What TM Is, How It Works, and How It’s Changing Lives | 4:00

The Huffington Post: Bob Roth talking about TM, how it works, its high-profile endorsements, and how 20 minutes of silence has been changing lives, maybe the world.

TM in the News

December 25, 2015

Use a Treatment for PTSD That Actually Works | 3:13

This article by Col. Brian Rees, M.D., David O’Connell, and David Leffler was  published in The Hill, a top U.S. political website that is read at the White House and by many lawmakers.

TM in the News

November 18, 2015

University of Pennsylvania Project in San Francisco Helps Those with HIV/AIDS | 6:52

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for AIDS Research and the San Francisco Aids Foundation provided instruction in TM to survivors of HIV/AIDS. Here’s their story.

TM in the News

November 10, 2015

Mantras before Math Class | 2:30

Today, it seems that the David Lynch Foundation can’t keep up with the demand for TM and the Quiet Time program in schools across the country. Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, writing for The Atlantic, reports.

TM in the News

August 18, 2015

Meditation Curbs Violence at San Francisco Schools | 3:11

What happens when the TM technique is added to the curriculum of a struggling school? NBC Nightly News and Cynthia McFadden wanted to find out.

“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

11 Ways to Enjoy Your TM Practice on Vacation

Personal Growth

Welcome to Maharishi Yoga Asanas

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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