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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 ►

Helping Others

March 20, 2022

Life in Accord with Natural Law in Central America | 51:48

Randall Tolpinrud discusses his decades-long adventure in Costa Rica’s innovative conservation efforts, an inspiring success story about protecting and promoting the ecological health and wellbeing of the natural world. He is president of the Pax Natura Foundation, whose honorary chairs are Dame Jane Goodall and Oscar Arias Sánchez, Nobel Laureate and former president of Costa Rica.

Individual & Society

March 6, 2022

The Ukraine Crisis and the Power of Collective Consciousness: How We Can All Play a Role in Easing Global Tensions and Creating Lasting Peace | 1:00:18

National leaders of the TM program discuss the principle of collective consciousness and how defusing regional and global tensions is the first step toward lasting peace. Studies have shown that TM practice in large groups can alleviate societal stress and reduce conflict and violence through a “field effect” in collective consciousness.

Better Health

February 27, 2022

Saving Our Frontline Healthcare Professionals (Part 1) | 51:51

Nurses from hospitals around the country discuss the impact of learning and practicing the TM technique during the COVID pandemic. They talk about the vital role daily TM practice has played for those on the front lines of this extended healthcare crisis. Host Mario Orsatti interviews this dynamic panel of healthcare professionals.

Maharishi

February 20, 2022

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Key to Maximum Success and Fulfillment | 55:30

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains that human beings can experience both silence and dynamic activity at the same time, and activity supported by infinite silence has maximum success. Lea Cho, an accomplished musician and Director of Programs and Special Projects at the David Lynch Foundation, joins host Mario Orsatti to discuss this talk.

Individual & Society

February 13, 2022

The Importance of Individual Development in International Development | 57:29

Oren Whyche‑Shaw, President Joseph Biden’s nominee for U.S. Director of the African Development Bank, discusses her career in international development and growing efforts to bring resources to the African continent. She also talks about the importance of her TM practice for her work and personal life.

Better Health

January 23, 2022

Driven to End Drug Addiction | 53:44

Kelvin O. Lim, M.D., Prof. and Research Vice Chair in Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota, discusses his research on neuromodulation and neuroimaging to help those with schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury, and addictions. He also talks about how daily TM practice has impacted his professional and personal life.

Education

September 10, 2019

Expand Your Awareness with Great Italian Art—and a Tour of Italy

Discover universal qualities of consciousness in the works of Michelangelo and Raphael in this exploration of two masterpieces of Renaissance art. To experience these art works and many others in person, enjoy the MUM Tour of Italy in May 2020.

Vedic Knowledge

July 17, 2020

Experiencing the Self

“That true Self is the Self that we are now discovering. When we discover that Self, we find that it is unbounded. It is absolute. It is infinite,” writes Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., neuroscientist and renowned expert in human development. Learn more in this essay from DrTonyNader.com, a platform to explore consciousness and the growth of human potential.

Related Programs

September 23, 2015

Revitalize Your Meditation with a TM Refresher Course 

TM Refresher Courses provide the  knowledge and experience necessary to re-establish easy, effortless TM practice. Contact your local TM Center to find out when the next one will be held. You’ll find answers to all your questions, enjoy a group checking, and review the mechanics of correct TM practice.

Personal Growth

April 14, 2020

TM Tips and Online Programs to Help You Feel “At Home” When You’re Staying Home

Whether you have no time or too much time, it’s a great time to take advantage of the mind-body benefits of TM practice • Meditate with others at U.S. TM times • Call TM Connect for twice-daily Group Meditations • Renew your practice at a free Online TM Refresher Course • Recharge with Online Half-Day TM Retreats • Find inspiration and insight at TM Talks every Sunday • And share your TM experiences in Comments.

Better Health

November 20, 2020

MEDITATE AMERICA for a Healthy Nation—REPLAY of Benefit Celebration and Concert of December 3, 2020

During an historic health crisis, the need for the stress-reducing benefits of the TM technique are greater than ever. To meet this need, the U.S. TM organization and the David Lynch Foundation are launching MEDITATE AMERICA, to bring TM® to those under stress and trauma, including healthcare workers, veterans, and vulnerable populations. Enjoy a replay video of the star-studded inauguration held December 3, and help support this national initiative and your local TM Center!

Better Health

June 29, 2019

10 Reasons Every Business Needs TM

Top executives and published research explain why many companies offer the TM technique—from health cost savings to reduced turnover, less fatigue to greater creativity and productivity, and much more.

“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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