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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 ►

Better Health

August 22, 2021

Healing America: How Meditation Can Help Government Leaders and the Country As a Whole | 53:28

U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), a leader in the House of Representatives, shares how meditation can help us meet today’s challenges: “Let’s take some time, 20 minutes twice a day, to go inward. That’s the call—the journey inward. That meets the moment more than anything.” This encore episode originally aired July 12, 2020.

Personal Growth

August 15, 2021

Supporting Young People in Their Pursuit of Happiness | 51:31

William Stixrud, Ph.D., and Ned Johnson talk about their new book, What Do You Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home. Dr. Stixrud is a neuropsychologist on the faculty of Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine, and Mr. Johnson is the founder of PrepMatters, which provides tutoring, academic planning, and test preparation.

Personal Growth

August 9, 2021

10 Most Popular Articles, Talks, and Programs in 2020–2021

For our annual Top 10 issue, we celebrate how our TM family has come together across distances for inspiration and support during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve gathered your favorite articles, videos, and programs about health, personal growth, enlightenment, and TM practice. Enjoy!

Better Health

August 1, 2021

The Best Things to Do to Prevent Disease | 49:32

Cardiologist César Molina, M.D., Medical Director of the South Asian Heart Center in California, teaches at the Stanford University Medical Center. He discusses how daily TM practice and the Vedic approach to health can help our body recall its ideal state of balance so that it maintains a resilient state of vibrant health and well-being. This encore episode originally aired September 13, 2020.

Helping Others

July 25, 2021

Breathe Again with TM—Helping Black America Heal | 51:07

Sibongile Bradley West, Director and Chair of the Breathe Again with TM initiative, discusses how this Maharishi Foundation pilot program in L.A. is bringing the TM technique to Black residents to help address racial reckoning, generational trauma, and health disparities that burden their communities.

Business Success

July 18, 2021

Sparking Innovation for Success in Business | 49:39

Emily Fitz Randolph, Santa Monica TM Center Co-Director, and Lea Cho, David Lynch Foundation Director of Programs and Special Projects, discuss how their business career skills have helped them integrate the TM program into business, healthcare, and government institutions.

Podcasts

February 15, 2019

Live Longer, Live Better: World-Class Scientists Explain How | 40:07

Norman Rosenthal, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School, and Pamela Peeke, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, share their findings on healthy living with Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch FoundationSM.

Better Health

April 14, 2020

New Initiative to Provide the TM Technique to Medical Workers Battling COVID-19 | 2:09

As announced on Good Morning America, the U.S. TM organization and the David Lynch Foundation (DLF) will help health workers reduce anxiety, boost resilience, and heal trauma. “Our doctors, nurses, and other providers are on the front lines in a life-or-death battle against a pandemic threatening the very life of society,” says Stuart Rothenberg, M.D., Medical Director of the DLF Center for Health and Wellness.

TM in the News

May 25, 2016

American Institute of Stress: TM Heals PTSD | 7:47

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Fort Gordon, Georgia, offers the TM® technique to Service Members and veterans.

Education

February 3, 2018

“Meditate and Create!”—the David Lynch Key to Writing for Film and Television | 2:15

The world’s only Consciousness-BasedSM MFA program in screenwriting, at the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts at Maharishi University, cultivates the ability to create visionary works of art.

Better Health

February 28, 2020

Reducing Veteran Suicides from 21 to Zero Per Day

The David Lynch Foundation inaugurated its campaign to reduce the high rate of veteran suicides by alleviating PTSD with the evidence-based TM technique on April 2, 2020. The “21 to None” campaign is going strong, although the New York City event to launch this effort with Jon Bon Jovi and Jake Gyllenhaal and honor meditating U.S. military leaders was cancelled due to the Coronavirus health crisis.

Education

June 5, 2018

An Iowa Woman’s TM Road Leads to Africa | 4:59

An inspiring profile of Dr. Leslee Goldstein, whose research in Uganda shows how the TM technique helps impoverished women gain confidence and improve their quality of life for themselves and their families.

“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

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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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