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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 ►

Business

March 24, 2024

Giving Is the Basis of Ideal Relationships in Business and in Life | 53:21

Bill Cates is a prominent business consultant, coach, and best-selling author known for his system that helps develop referral-based business. He talks about the keys to his success and how the TM technique contributes to a rich and rewarding personal and professional life. His system has been featured in Success, Entrepreneur, Research, Money, and The Wall Street Journal.

Business

March 17, 2024

Consciousness, AI, and the Future of Surgery | 51:58

Jay Banerjee, president and CEO of ImmersiveTouch, based in Chicago, Illinois, discusses the role of developing consciousness in managing a quickly growing high-tech company. He also assesses the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality in medical school training and their use by surgeons to improve outcomes in a wide variety of surgical procedures.

The Arts

March 10, 2024

Performing Artists Honored by David Lynch Foundation | 52:20

Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, presents highlights of the Foundation’s September 12, 2022, gala at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. Videos include the honorees—two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, and five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch—on the importance of the TM technique in their lives. This encore episode first aired October 2, 2022.

Science & Research

March 3, 2024

New Research on the TM Technique for Esport Athletes | 50:39

Teacher, musician, and athlete Owen Blake, Ph.D., talks about his research on how TM practice benefits esport athletes who play video games professionally. He also reflects on being a board member of Global Projects for Peace, which brings the TM technique and Consciousness-BasedSM solutions to troubled areas around the world.

Business

February 25, 2024

The Importance of Expanding Our Awareness | 57:29

Sandra Haas and her son Matt Haas talk about the importance of TM practice for young adults and their parents, and the life-changing effects of gaining greater self-awareness and achieving more fulfillment in life. Ms. Haas is the founder and president of SMH Management, and Matt Haas is traveling and interning in his gap year before attending McGill University.

Maharishi

February 18, 2024

Maharishi on NBC’s Speaking Freely with Edwin Newman | 49:50

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi speaks with celebrated newscaster Edwin Newman in this historic 1973 interview on topics ranging from the world-renowned teacher’s background, to TM practice and Cosmic Consciousness. The interview is discussed by Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, and TM Talks host Mario Orsatti. This encore episode originally aired June 21, 2020.

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.

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.

Vedic Knowledge

September 10, 2019

Discover the Maharishi AyurVeda Approach to Cleansing and Detox

To get rid of built-up toxins and rejuvenate for health, vitality, and a mental boost, the ancient health system of Ayurveda recommends several days of specialized massage and herbal cleanses. Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D., and Robert Keith Wallace, Ph.D., introduce panchakarma, the “karmas” or actions for internal cleansing, and how these transformative treatments work. Plus a Quiz with 10 Tips for detoxing at home!

Enlightenment Series

January 24, 2017

Exploring Higher States of Consciousness, the Ultimate Goal of Meditation

What is enlightenment, and what does it mean for our lives today? An in-depth interview with Dr. Craig Pearson, author of The Supreme Awakening: Experiences of Enlightenment Throughout Time—And How You Can Cultivate Them.

Vedic Knowledge

August 2, 2018

Mind over Aging: 10 Steps to a Longer, Healthier Life, Personalized for Your Mind-Body Type

Renowned physician and scientist Robert Schneider, M.D., shows how to apply science-based rejuvenation behaviors from Maharishi AyurVeda®, in his popular series on longevity.

Books

February 3, 2018

Changing the World from Within: How a Lifelong Passion for Helping Others Led to the Launch of the David Lynch Foundation

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT from Bob Roth’s new book, Strength in Stillness, from starting TM in 1960s Berkeley to an unexpected alliance with one of our most creative filmmakers.

Enlightenment Series

August 2, 2018

Exploring Science, Consciousness, and the Furthest Reaches of Human Potential | 3:42

Meet the head of the international Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) organizations, Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., a medical doctor, MIT- and Harvard-trained neuroscientist, and Vedic scholar.

Better Health

August 2, 2018

AA Co-Founder Bill Wilson, TM, and the 11th Step | 3:47

“I didn’t fully understand the 11th step until I started TM,” said Bill Wilson, legendary co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, when he learned the TM technique.

Better Health

August 2, 2018

10 Most Popular Articles for Your TM Practice, Health, and Enlightenment

To celebrate the first 25 issues since we launched Enjoy TM News two years ago, we’ve collected our 10 most popular stories. Let us know your favorites in the Comments section below, or at the end of each article. Enjoy!

My Story

July 6, 2018

The “Dear Prudence” Story | 2:55

A profile of Prudence Farrow Bruns, the inspiration behind the Beatles song, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Maharishi’s historic TM Teacher Training Course in Rishikesh, India, 1968.

Education

July 6, 2018

Bali’s Youth, Becoming the Future Leaders of Indonesia | 10:26

At a state high school for exceptional, underprivileged teens, the TM technique helps enliven the foundation for success in a rigorous program of academics and leadership.

Maharishi

June 5, 2018

How Does the Mind Transcend? | 10:39

Maharishi explains why TM is effortless: “The mind always flows to a field of greater happiness. The transcendental field is the experience of bliss.”

“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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