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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 ►

The Arts

July 21, 2024

Bringing Spirituality to Filmmaking | 52:28

Colin Denhart is an award-winning independent filmmaker, TV producer, and songwriter from the Midwest who shares the story of his rise in the film and music industry and how his TM and TM-Sidhi® practice has catapulted his creative success. He also discusses how he has incorporated his interest in spirituality into horror films.

Helping Others

July 14, 2024

An Enlightened Vision for Indigenous Nations | 44:00

Native American Certified TM Teacher Maggie Waukon-Smith talks about the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s experiences when the TM technique was introduced. She discusses changes in herself, the elders who participated in diabetes research, and the students in the Quiet Time program at Winnebago High School.

Personal Growth

July 7, 2024

My 17 Years with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | 56:00

Veteran TM teacher John Cowhig talks about how he met TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and had the opportunity to join Maharishi’s international staff and become his personal secretary. Mr. Cowhig also shares lovely and profound conversations and experiences he had with Maharishi over the years.

Better Health

June 30, 2024

One Woman’s Journey to Better Health and Inner Peace | 48:34

Teacher and coach Debbie DeMarco Bennett discusses improvements in her mental and physical health, overcoming borderline personality disorder, and coping with multiple sclerosis. She describes the many benefits she has found from her TM practice, including her first-ever experience of inner peace and why she recommends the TM technique to her clients worldwide.

The Arts

June 23, 2024

Staying Healthy and Growing Creatively as We Age | 41:26

Writer and teacher Linda Egenes talks about how she began her writing career with a book about the Amish communities in Iowa and has now written six books on a range of subjects. She also discusses how she stays healthy, clear, and creative in her senior years and is currently fulfilling her dream of writing a novel about an Amish family.

Business

June 16, 2024

Father and Son Working Together, Bonding as Their Business Grows | 42:59

John Revolinski and his son Donald Revolinski talk with us on Father’s Day about how they grew their small family business in Fairfield, Iowa. Spring Sunrise Natural Foods went from their home basement in the 1990s to their Maharishi Vastu® architecture factory and an explosion of online sales today. They also speak about working together and how TM has made life easier and more productive for them and their meditating employees.

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.

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.

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.

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.

David Lynch Foundation

February 3, 2018

Military Medicine: New Study Shows Veterans Gain Dramatic Relief from PTSD Symptoms | 4:06

For veterans from Vietnam to Afghanistan, 80 percent dropped below the PTSD threshold after just 30 days of TM practice, according to a new pilot study published in Military Medicine.

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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