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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 ►

Individual & Society

June 29, 2025

The Art of Human Care | 48:00

Thoracic surgeon and author Dr. Hassan Tetteh talks about his 25-year career as a Navy surgeon, his life-altering near-death experience, and healing through the TM technique after serving in Afghanistan. He discusses his bestselling books and his vision of how physicians can change the world through healing, what it means to heal, and how all medical professionals can turn passion into purpose and save the world, one patient at a time.

Business Success

June 22, 2025

A TM Teacher’s Path to Founding a Media Arts Institute | 51:23

Alan Phillips is the founder and former CEO of VanArts, which offers world-class training in Animation, Game Art, VFX, Photography, Acting, and more. He reflects on the inspiration that led him to found VanArts and the remarkable support of nature that guided the school’s growth and evolution. Mr. Phillips has also been a TM teacher since 1973.

Science

June 15, 2025

Ancient Knowledge and Modern Physics | 50:33

Dr. David Scharf, professor and chair of the Physics Department at MIU, discusses how his personal and professional life align with the university’s unique Consciousness-Based® approach to education. He specifically addresses the integration of modern science with Maharishi Vedic Science®.

Creativity & the Arts

June 8, 2025

The Lady with the Golden Voice | 46:46

Musician Theresa Golden discusses music as an energetic force through which she expresses love for her community and humanity. A musician from the age of five, she learned the TM technique as an adult, which led her to study at MIU, where she’s now pursuing a doctorate in transformational leadership and emergence coaching. In 2023, Ms. Golden was granted the Jazz Living Legend Award.

TM in the News

June 1, 2025

Maharishi International University Students Give Presentation at the United Nations | 47:40

MIU student Ansoya Rani and alumnus Sam Okorie discuss their presentations at the recent 69th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, held March 10–21, 2025, at its headquarters in New York City. They also describe their experience of Consciousness-Based Education® at MIU, the benefits they enjoy from their TM practice, and their goals to contribute to a better world.

Business

May 25, 2025

The Molecular Biology of TM and Higher States of Consciousness | 48:19

Molecular biologist and researcher John Fagan, Ph.D., discusses his work at the National Institutes of Health, his contribution to new educational and research programs at MIU, and the impact of genetic engineering on our health. Dr. Fagan is CEO and chief science officer at the Health Research Institute and talks about his current research there, where he studies the links between food quality, farming methods, and health.

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

June 27, 2017

Global Peace Summit Offers Solutions to Terrorism

We need new solutions to rising terrorism. In Kiev, 600 scientists and leaders explore innovative, evidence-based approaches to preventing war, achieving national security, and promoting regional and global peace.

Personal Growth

September 7, 2018

Discovering the Love We Dream about, within Ourselves | 2:11

Enjoy this recent video, with over 500,000 views, from the head of the worldwide TM® organizations, Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., and expand the way you see yourself and the world.

Vedic Knowledge

November 9, 2017

The Ultimate Reality That Unites Us All | 4:36

In a world polarized by differences, understanding the core unity of life is more urgent than ever. In this award-winning talk, quantum physicist John Hagelin brilliantly reveals the science of this fundamental truth.

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.

Books

July 7, 2018

The Secret That Makes TM Unique

Are all meditations the same? Jack Forem explains how the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique differs from mindfulness and other practices for self-development, in an excerpt from his best-selling classic Transcendental Meditation.

Better Health

December 8, 2017

How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy—Meet Your 1 Trillion Microbes Working Hard to Prevent Illness

Neurophysiologist and researcher Robert Keith Wallace, Ph.D., demystifies the latest science on the microbiome, and explains how Maharishi AyurVeda® can help protect your gut.

Education

December 7, 2017

2017 Benefit Celebrations Bring the Gift of Inner Peace to Those in Need | 26:15

At this time of unusual social challenges, TM Centers across the country are stepping up to support their local scholarship funds, and with the David Lynch FoundationSM, are bringing the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique to thousands more.

Vedic Knowledge

November 9, 2017

The Ultimate Reality That Unites Us All | 4:36

In a world polarized by differences, understanding the core unity of life is more urgent than ever. In this award-winning talk, quantum physicist John Hagelin brilliantly reveals the science of this fundamental truth.

Maharishi

November 9, 2017

The Body Is Made of Consciousness | 13:17

Maharishi: “Unity Consciousness means consciousness in multiple ways and consciousness in its unified state… Consciousness and physiology together is total life.”

Vedic Knowledge

November 9, 2017

Mind over Aging: 10 Steps to Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life | 18:33

Renowned cardiologist and expert in integrative medicine Dr. Robert Schneider distills 10 ancient rejuvenation practices, confirmed by modern science, to help us live longer, healthier, more self-actualized lives.

TM in the News

October 3, 2017

His Invention Saves Lives, Wildlife, and Millions of Acres in 115 Countries | 9:04

National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee Don Arney credits TM in the innovation process that led him to invent the famous Bambi Bucket.®

“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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