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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 ►

Education

December 7, 2025

TM, AI, and the Future of Cybersecurity | 54:05

Shristi Sharma, a cybersecurity specialist, discusses how her remarkable life has been shaped by her family of TM practitioners, her practice of the TM technique, and her education at Maharishi School in Fairfield, Iowa. Ms. Sharma works for a global company that specializes in cybersecurity. As an AI strategist in the Emerging Leaders Program, she helps design and implement AI initiatives across multiple cybersecurity product teams.

The Arts

November 30, 2025

Meditation and the Creative Flow | 50:00

Diane Frank is the author of eight books of poetry, three novels, and a photo memoir documenting her 400-mile trek through the Nepalese Himalayas. Ms. Frank leads poetry, fiction, and memoir workshops at two universities and is the chief editor at Blue Light Press in San Rafael, California. She also plays cello with the College of Marin Symphony Orchestra, and, for 18 years, played with the Golden Gate Symphony. Her new novel, Mermaids and Musicians, has been on the best-seller list.

Better Health

November 23, 2025

Teaching, Coffee Farming, and TM | 54:07

Simone Cabizuca shares her inspiring journey from teaching English to corporate executives as a single mother to seeking deeper meaning in life. In 2020, Ms. Cabizuca returned to her homeland, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and began helping her father manage the family’s coffee plantations, eventually starting her own small project to gain experience planting coffee seedlings.

Education

November 16, 2025

Learning through Games and the Development of Consciousness | 53:57

Layman “Buzz” Allen discusses his family’s educational legacy through the Accelerated Learning Program, founded in 1998 by his father, Layman E. Allen. Mr. Allen recounts his father’s pioneering work in developing educational games, such as WFF ‘N PROOF and ON-SETS, which were implemented in inner-city schools, improving math achievement and reducing absenteeism.

Business

November 9, 2025

Medicine, Innovation, and Meditation | 52:15

Dr. William Mallon, eye surgeon, innovator, and entrepreneur, discusses how he pioneered adjustable ocular lenses, developed a head-positioning device for the operating room, and created a mobile and kiosk-based eye-screening technology that provides comprehensive, no-dilation exams in minutes. As a golf enthusiast, he invented Precision Putting, a performance system designed to apply precision to the mental and physical aspects of the game.

Individual & Society

November 2, 2025

From Inner Peace to Ocean Protection | 48:18

Kathy Matara, PhD, is an advocate for environmental safety and sustainable technology. She has worked to promote safe technologies, leading initiatives to protect public health and preserve zero-radiation analog utility meters. Her current focus is safeguarding marine ecosystems from the emerging underwater acoustic internet through the promotion of fiber-optic and other non-invasive alternatives.

Personal Growth

August 1, 2019

7 Easy Questions to Refresh Your TM Know-How

Congratulations on completing your TM course! We’d love to hear how it’s been helping you. And if your meditations don’t seem as easy or frequent now, a personal Checking with a TM teacher will help you re-experience and re-establish effortless TM practice. Until then, enjoy this easy Quiz to help refresh your TM basics!

Science & Research

November 29, 2016

How Does TM Differ from Mindfulness?

“Dear Dr. Orme-Johnson, I read a lot about mindfulness meditation in the news and on the Internet. How does the TM technique differ from mindfulness?”  —DT, Florida

Vedic Knowledge

June 1, 2019

7 Key Ways to Sharpen Your Memory

Ever worry about blanking on a word or name? Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D., renowned Maharishi AyurVeda® expert, provides easy integrative health tools to maintain the brain, combining the best of ancient and modern approaches for a resilient mind and memory.

Better Health

August 1, 2019

See the Amazing Things That Happen in Your Brain While Transcending | 14:50

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.

Maharishi

July 6, 2018

What Is “Being,” and How Can We Experience It?

In the definitive classic Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi unveils the journey of life, from the manifest world of diversity to the unified field of life deep within each of us: the state of Being.

Enlightenment Series

May 25, 2017

The Remarkable Story of the Scientific Exploration of Enlightenment | 5:06

In 1970, a revolutionary quest began—to create a scientific portrait of the TM technique and Transcendental Consciousness. Renowned TM researcher Dr. David Orme-Johnson takes us behind the scenes in part 2 of his popular series.

Creativity & the Arts

August 1, 2019

Bill Hader on SNL, Anxiety, and His TM Practice | 5:24

The Emmy-winning comedian and Barry co-creator and star talks about how he overcame his panic attacks and freed up his creativity, in an on-stage interview at David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption.

Videos

August 1, 2019

How Tom Hanks Beats the Afternoon Crash | 0:59

Tom Hanks recounts how Jerry Seinfeld introduced him to the TM technique—and how it boosted his productivity.

Videos

August 1, 2019

The Small Town That Radiates Peace and Creativity | 7:56

What happens in a community with 3,000 TM meditators? Find out in this delightful video.

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.

David Lynch Foundation

February 15, 2019

Jerry Seinfeld’s Antidote for an Exhausted Life | 0:59

How he does more writing, more performing, more exercise without strain. “I can now do whatever I want. Whatever I want!” says Seinfeld.

Helping Others

February 15, 2019

Celebrating 50 Years of Teaching TM in African American Communities, 1969–2019

In 1969 a group of African American TM teachers established a new organization to bring the TM program to their communities, called Transcendental Meditation Center (TMC), Inc. Their pioneering initiatives laid the groundwork for successes in education, health, and rehabilitation today. Here is their remarkable story.

“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

Creativity & the Arts

Continuous Creation

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.”

My Story

Trekking 1000s of Miles with TM

“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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