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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 ►

Education

May 12, 2024

Saving Lives, Building Futures: A Remarkable School for Underserved Girls in Thailand | 48:21

Sarah Bence is the Director of Development at Dhammajarinee Witthaya, a free school for underserved students in Thailand. The school has been offering the TM and TM-Sidhi® programs to teachers and students since 2008, and students have won many awards and received growing recognition for their achievements, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Business

May 5, 2024

Helping High-Tech Businesses Fulfill Their Dreams | 40:49

Brian Bell is the founder and managing partner at Team Ignite Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm in Northern California. He talks about his investment and advisory work with promising high-tech companies. After trying many different meditation approaches, he also discusses his special experience practicing the TM technique for four years now.

Science

April 28, 2024

Sleep and How to Do It Better | 56:58

Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition at Maharishi International University, discusses recent research and discoveries about the impact of sleep on human brain physiology. He also talks about the importance of Maharishi AyurVeda and daily TM practice for “getting rid of brain dirt” and improving the quality and depth of our sleep.

The Arts

April 20, 2024

Living a Creative Life | 57:04

Ken Buhler, an artist in painting, drawing, and printmaking, discusses his creative process and the impact of TM on his work and life. He also talks about teaching art for 22 years at one of America’s most renowned institutions of higher learning, Bard College in New York. His paintings were described by the New York Times as “beautifully made and distinguished by an ambition to reduce nature to a state of luminous abstraction.”

Business

April 14, 2024

Investing in Consciousness—in Your Business and in Your Life | 53:20

Heather Hartnett, CEO and founding partner of Human Ventures, one of New York City’s premier startup studios and early-stage venture funds, discusses what she believes to be the keys to both a successful business and an increasingly fulfilling personal life while living and working in one of the busiest environments in the world. This encore episode originally aired April 24, 2022.

Science & Research

April 7, 2024

The Transcendental Meditation Technique and a Model for Perpetual Growth and Progress | 52:30

Baruti KMT-Sisouvong, Ph.D., discusses how regular TM practice and experiencing pure consciousness help people realize their full potential and live a more fulfilling life. He is Certified TM Teacher and earned his doctorate in Maharishi Vedic Science from Maharishi International University. He is also a Freemason and a 32° Scottish Rite Mason (SJ).

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.

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.”

Better Health

May 4, 2018

Peaceful Mind, Peaceful World

Why are we here? And how can we do all that we can for ourselves, the people we love, and society? Watch Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., and head of the international TM organizations, explore the power of transcending in this rare Facebook Live talk and replay.

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

May 3, 2017

Accelerate Your Growth to Enlightenment

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

Education

December 14, 2020

6 Reasons Why MIU’s Master’s in Software Development Is a Life-Changing Experience

New web developers share what makes MIU’s M.S.D. program so successful: Career training goes hand in hand with personal development, no computer science background is needed, students become Full Stack JavaScript developers and find top positions in the field, and more.

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

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Science & Research

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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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