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July 20, 2025
Penelope Makeig shares her journey from discovering a love for opera at age 12 while attending Maharishi School in Fairfield, Iowa, to fulfilling her dream of singing professionally in Europe. Ms. Makeig also discusses how her practice of TM and Maharishi AyurVeda health habits helps her stay rested and refreshed, supporting both her voice and overall well-being amid a demanding schedule.
July 13, 2025
Anne Walton, a longtime TM Teacher and marine resource management expert, discusses her experiences in ocean conservation and the challenges facing marine ecosystems. Working with 36 countries for over 20 years, she has partnered with international organizations and governments to build the leadership and management capacity of marine resource practitioners.
June 29, 2025
Thoracic surgeon and author Dr. Hassan Tetteh talks about his 25-year career as a Navy surgeon, his life-altering near-death experience, and healing through the TM technique after serving in Afghanistan. He discusses his bestselling books and his vision of how physicians can change the world through healing, what it means to heal, and how all medical professionals can turn passion into purpose and save the world, one patient at a time.
June 22, 2025
Alan Phillips is the founder and former CEO of VanArts, which offers world-class training in Animation, Game Art, VFX, Photography, Acting, and more. He reflects on the inspiration that led him to found VanArts and the remarkable support of nature that guided the school’s growth and evolution. Mr. Phillips has also been a TM teacher since 1973.
June 15, 2025
Dr. David Scharf, professor and chair of the Physics Department at MIU, discusses how his personal and professional life align with the university’s unique Consciousness-Based® approach to education. He specifically addresses the integration of modern science with Maharishi Vedic Science®.
June 8, 2025
Musician Theresa Golden discusses music as an energetic force through which she expresses love for her community and humanity. A musician from the age of five, she learned the TM technique as an adult, which led her to study at MIU, where she’s now pursuing a doctorate in transformational leadership and emergence coaching. In 2023, Ms. Golden was granted the Jazz Living Legend Award.
March 1, 2017
Scientists and world leaders propose a “technology for peace” to reduce societal stress, tension, and war. Quantum physicist Dr. John Hagelin explains how this evidence-based methodology works in a HuffPost Live interview.
July 7, 2018
How Maharishi brought to light the core meditation technique of the Vedic tradition for the full unfoldment of human potential, from Dr. Craig Pearson’s The Supreme Awakening: Experiences of Enlightenment throughout Time.
August 2, 2018
What happens to our brains when we transcend? Do we experience a new state of consciousness? How does that help us realize our highest potential? In part 3 of his popular series, Dr. David Orme-Johnson tells the story of the revolutionary TM research that advanced the science of human potential.
November 1, 2019
What is Veda, and how is this ancient knowledge relevant to our lives today? Discover profound insights in this far-reaching talk by Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., livestreamed around the world on Facebook, October 22—755,000 views so far. Dr. Nader’s Facebook page is public so everyone can view his content.
September 10, 2019
Q&A with Kathryn Frazier, founder of Biz 3. Her 200+ clients include some of the biggest names in music, film/tv, sports, comedy, and tech. “When I am practicing TM, I am able to have all of those balls up in the air. You just have this flow of energy through you,” she says.
September 10, 2019
An inside look at the work of the David Lynch Foundation in Washington, D.C. Concert proceeds will help bring the TM technique to vulnerable youth and families at no cost, through in-school and after-school programs and community organizations.
August 1, 2019
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi speaks about the formula for perpetual contentment and unbounded awareness, 24/7. Regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique cultivates inner silence and expanded awareness, not just during meditation but throughout the day and night.
August 1, 2019
What is transcending? And what does it do for our brains? Neuropsychologist Dr. Fred Travis takes us on a guided tour of the brain during TM practice—including a live EEG demonstration on stage in New York City—and compares the TM technique to other meditations.
“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
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.”
“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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