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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 ►

Business Success

January 24, 2021

The Vital Importance of the TM Technique When Caring for Others | 49:47

Kevin Dunn, J.D., Connecticut Senior Assistant State’s Attorney and one of the nation’s most successful prosecutors of domestic violence, discusses the importance of TM practice for those who work in criminal justice and anyone dedicated to maintaining “a cool head and a warm heart” with the intense stress of modern life.

Creativity & the Arts

January 16, 2021

Being More Awake to Kindle the Imagination

Award-winning artist and MIU professor James Shrosbree reflects on the keys to his creative practice. “When I am more awake I see the world differently—in new ways that can kindle the imagination. Starting the TM technique woke me up,” he says.

Maharishi

January 16, 2021

A New Year’s Resolution to Help You Achieve All Your Resolutions | 6:44

“During meditation, we enliven that level of life which is the basis of all activity in the world. It’s by enlivening that basis of all life that we get the support of nature everywhere,” says Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, TM Founder.

MIU.edu

January 16, 2021

How Maharishi International University Makes Your Education Affordable

You know you want to go to college—but are finances holding you back? Meet our financial aid experts and learn how all costs are often covered with grants, scholarships, work-study, and low-interest federal loans. Now accepting applications for August 2021.

The Arts

January 3, 2021

Delving into the Art of Mixing Music | 47:42

Michael Brauer, legendary record mixer of Tony Bennett’s Grammy Album of the Year, Unplugged, has seven Grammy Awards, for Coldplay’s Parachutes, John Mayer’s Continuum, Angélique Kidjo’s Eve, and Calle 13’s Multi Viral. He discusses the art and science of music mixing and the importance of his TM practice.

Education

December 20, 2020

Introducing the TM Experience to Youth in High-Risk Communities in South Africa | 52:34

Melanie Brown, Ph.D., and Marcia Abrahams, co-founders of The Communiversity of South Africa, talk about the intense challenges facing underserved youth and the im­por­tance of the TM technique at this low-cost, pre-college, community-based program.

TM in the News

November 10, 2016

New Study: Inmates Reduce Trauma, Reawaken Humanity

A randomized trial finds the TM technique is transformative for prisoners. “Inmates learn Transcendental Meditation and become more human after a long and isolating period of becoming less human,” says co-author Dr. Tom O’Connor.

Creativity & the Arts

May 20, 2015

Transcendence at Walden Pond

Henry David Thoreau, 1817–1862, USA, writes: “If with closed ears and eyes I consult consciousness for a moment, immediately are all walls and barriers dissipated, earth rolls from under me, and I float…”

Business Success

May 24, 2015

Architect Bing Thom Speaks on TM and Creativity

Bing Thom is an award-winning architect and recipient of Canada’s celebrated Golden Jubilee Medal, honoring Canadians who made a significant contribution to the nation. TM supports his work.

Better Health

February 17, 2015

Dr. William Stixrud: What TM Can Do for the Young Brain

“Because it is still developing, the adolescent brain is more vulnerable to the effects of chemicals, including drugs, alcohol, and stress hormones.” —Neuropsychologist William Stixrud, Ph.D.

Creativity & the Arts

September 23, 2015

A Man of Steel and Silence: Jeroen Stok Sculpts Stunning Public Works

A light bulb turning on inside a character’s head indicates a brilliant idea. For Dutch artist Jeroen Stok, a light bulb was the idea that set him on his career path as a sculptor and installation artist.

Creativity & the Arts

August 5, 2015

Taking the Leap from Ballet to Broadway

A fifteen-year-old from Salt Lake City gets accepted for the School of American Ballet, graduates, joins the NYC Ballet at eighteen, becomes a soloist by nineteen, and a principal dancer by twenty.

“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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Science & Research

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Better Health

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Better Health

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Enlightenment Series

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Personal Growth

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Helping Others

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

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