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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 ►

Maharishi

November 28, 2021

Maharishi on the Goal of Meditation | 50:21

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in a 1972 talk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains how regular practice of the TM technique promotes the natural development of a person’s full potential. Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, and Mario Orsatti, TM Talks host, discuss highlights from this classic talk. This encore episode originally aired June 6, 2021.

Better Health

November 21, 2021

West Meets East in Promoting Health | 46:38

Manisha Mittal, M.D., a leader in holistic medicine, discusses ways to use both western medicine and Maharishi AyurVeda® to help individuals recover from illness. She explains how Ayurveda can enliven the inner intelligence of nature and naturally prevent illness. Dr. Mittal is Rheumatology Director for the program in Graduate Medical Education at St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California.

Better Health

November 14, 2021

Sleep Is Your Superpower | 52:40

Nancy H. Rothstein, a leading sleep expert known as The Sleep Ambassador®, talks about the latest research on how important sleep is for the well-being of body and mind, and for helping us maximize our TM practice. The Director of Sleep Health at Resonea, a wellness company, she also consults and speaks at Fortune 500 companies and other organizations to empower people to optimize their sleep.

Enlightenment

November 7, 2021

We Are All Connected | 51:45

Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., a medical doctor and neuroscientist trained at Harvard and MIT, discusses how the underlying unity present in life’s diversity is the true nature of life. A renowned expert in the science of consciousness and human development, Dr. Nader is the successor to TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the global leader of the teaching of the TM technique in 120 countries.

Personal Growth

November 1, 2021

Dr. Tony Nader on How to Deal with Loss

To help us through difficult times, Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., shares his insights on the range of emotions that come with grief and how we can become more anchored in our Self, our Consciousness, and grow. Dr. Nader, an MIT- and Harvard-trained medical doctor and neuroscientist, is the global leader of TM programs in 120 countries and the author of One Unbounded Ocean of Conscious­ness (Penguin Random House, 2021).

Vedic Knowledge

November 1, 2021

Music to Create Balance in Nature and Harmony in the World

The Academy of Arts for Enlightenment presents Maharishi Gandharva VedaSM online concerts with renowned sitarist Reshma Srivastava. As Maharishi explained, Gandharva Veda music “provides a powerful, harmonizing influence in the whole atmosphere to balance imbalances in nature.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

Enlightenment Series

July 9, 2021

When Our Heart Expands to Maximum Value, We See the World in All Its Glory | 24:13

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains the difference between the fifth state of consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, and the sixth state, Glorified Cosmic Consciousness, also sometimes referred to as God Consciousness. Why does it have this name—and what does love have to do with it?

“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

11 Ways to Enjoy Your TM Practice on Vacation

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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