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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 ►

Education

February 11, 2024

The Joy of Teaching in a School Where Everyone Practices TM | 51:36

Rena Boone discusses her experience as a 40-year educator in several U.S. schools that have integrated the TM technique into their curriculum. She also talks about her historic TM Teacher Training Course in Ethiopia and her work establishing a Washington, D.C., TM Center for individuals and families dealing with the trauma of violence and drug abuse.

Better Health

February 4, 2024

Happier Nurses Result in Healthier Patients | 53:12

Amy Ruff, BSN, RN, National Director of TM for Nurses, discusses a randomized, controlled study published in Journal of Nursing Administration showing that TM practice significantly reduced PTSD and anxiety by more than half in frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also talks about a study showing the TM technique significantly reduced “compassion fatigue” and improved resilience for nurses.

Better Health

January 28, 2024

Wellness, Balance, and Homeostasis through the TM Technique | 53:27

César Molina, M.D., F.A.C.C., is the Medical Director of the South Asian Heart Center in Mountain View, California, and a faculty member at Stanford University Medical Center. He discusses how to achieve and maintain a state of balance in mind and body amidst life’s challenges. His research has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the American Journal of Physiology.

The Arts

January 21, 2024

The Flow of Consciousness in Literature |50:41

Rhoda Orme-Johnson, Ph.D., co-author of The Flow of Conscious­ness: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Literature and Language and other books, talks about how the study and experience of poetry and literature promote transcending and a deeper appreciation of consciousness, language, and the world around us. This encore episode originally aired September 20, 2020.

Helping Others

January 14, 2024

The TM Technique in Ukraine—Helping Thousands Learn | 48:37

Ukrainian TM Teachers Alisa Feliz and Oleg Avagian discuss how thousands have learned TM during the war in Ukraine, even in its most dangerous areas. They discuss Ukrainians’ experiences as a result of practicing TM during this time, and their own personal fulfillment in teaching. They also share a video of Ukrainian Meditators speaking about learning the TM technique. This encore episode originally aired June 25, 2023.

Maharishi

January 7, 2024

Maharishi on the Art of Right Decision-Making (Part 2) | 53:40

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains how expansion of awareness during TM practice produces broader comprehension, resulting in spontaneously right decisions. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss more highlights from this classic 1972 talk, from an MIT symposium on the Science of Creative Intelligence. This encore episode originally aired on March 14, 2021.

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.

Education

March 27, 2019

Can My TM Practice Help Create a More Peaceful World?

Q&A with renowned TM researcher Dr. David Orme-Johnson on a scientific, brain-based approach to peace. He explains how the TM and TM-Sidhi programs have been shown to help reduce rates of crime, accidents, mortality, war, and terrorism.

Better Health

February 15, 2019

How the TM Technique Reduces Blood Pressure and Improves Heart Health | 15:12

With nearly half of Americans suffering from some form of heart disease, the compelling research on heart health and risk factors by Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., funded by the National Institutes of Health, suggests a viable solution.

Maharishi

June 11, 2021

The Time-Tested Formula to Develop Cosmic Consciousness—Rest and Activity | 16:31

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains the role of action in developing Cosmic Consciousness. The regular alternation of deep rest during TM practice with activity during the day stabilizes unbounded awareness as a permanent experience, even when we’re engaged in the boundaries of dynamic activity.

TM in the News

December 1, 2016

The Smithsonian Honors David Lynch for Bringing TM to 500,000 At-Risk Kids

The director received the American Ingenuity Award for reducing stress and violence in under-served schools through the David Lynch Foundation, which has been improving children’s lives with the TM-based “Quiet Time” program since 2005.

Personal Growth

February 3, 2018

55,343 Transcend Together at First Global TM Group Meditation

Practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique from 42 countries, including India, Thailand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Kenya, and Estonia, participated on January 13, 2018.

“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

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

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