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April 19, 2026
Hiroko Sasaki, recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, describes how her musical journey began at age three and how she grew into a world-renowned pianist while balancing life as a mother of two. She also discusses the role of her TM practice in helping her to cultivate inner silence, grow in creativity and focused performance, and maintain balance in a full and demanding life. She has appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Vienna Philharmonic, among others.
April 12, 2026
Filmmaker, educator, and teacher of the TM technique, Amine Kouider explores how he combines storytelling, consciousness, and social change in his filmmaking. He has traveled the world as a producer, director, cinematographer, and editor—filming in environments ranging from high-security prisons to refugee communities. Mr. Kouider is also chair of the Department of Cinematic Arts and New Media at MIU and an associate professor in the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts.
April 5, 2026
Jon Lipman, AIA, has devoted the past 29 years to Maharishi Vastu® architecture, becoming one of North America’s most experienced experts in applying its principles. He shares personal stories from his work, including a current project for a Bhutanese refugee community in Ohio and a Tibetan Buddhist temple. Mr. Lipman has lectured at major universities, including Harvard and Stanford, as well as at the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian.
March 29, 2026
David Rottenberg is an author and teacher of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. Mr. Rottenberg shares stories from his books—especially Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig, including its journey from page to stage as a live ballet performance. He discusses his other works and his many years of teaching TM. He also explores how creativity arises naturally from inner stillness, and why the solutions that emerge from that state are so deeply fulfilling.
March 22, 2026
Richard Robertson and Janine Decot Robertson are longtime teachers of the TM technique, TM-Sidhi® Administrators, and teachers of Advanced Techniques of the TM program. They talk about their worldwide travels and decades of experience in the global TM organizations. They share stories of working on international projects, including one with President Joaquim Chissano in Mozambique to help unify the country. Together, they have instructed over 12,000 people.
March 15, 2026
Chad Buchanan reflects on the evolution of his creative career—from photographing high-profile events to founding his own media company. Along the way, he shares behind-the-scenes stories from assignments photographing entertainers, movie stars, and royalty, offering a glimpse into the fast-paced world of media and celebrity photography. Mr. Buchanan’s work has been published in major media outlets, including Vogue, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and People.
August 1, 2019
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!
June 1, 2019
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.
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.
July 6, 2018
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.
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.
February 15, 2019
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.
February 15, 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
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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