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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

December 29, 2024

Becoming a Professional Human Being: See the Need, Take the Lead | 51:57

Jim Bagnola is an international speaker, executive coach, corporate educator, and author of an international bestseller. Mr. Bagnola discusses how he found his vocation in leadership training and coaching. He shares stories about corporations he has worked with, including Shell Oil Company, the U.S. Secret Service, Marriott Hotels, Microsoft, and many other companies throughout the world.

Individual & Society

December 8, 2024

A Musician for Many and for One | 46:35

Professional violist Nina Falk discusses her lifelong, successful career and extensive world travels as a musician. She shares her dedication to the organization she founded, A Musical Heart, which brings live music, one-on-one, to the bedsides of patients in hospice.

Creativity & the Arts

December 1, 2024

The Evolution of an Artist: From Bridges to Fashion Art | 47:37

Artist Judy Bales discusses her evolution as an artist, from childhood to the present, and her vision for future art projects. She has worked for 35 years as a fiber and mixed-media artist, fashion designer, and public art design team member. Ms. Bales has exhibited her work in over 80 group and solo shows throughout the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.

Helping Others

November 24, 2024

Dynamic Facilitation and Collective Wisdom | 49:17

Ruth Backstrom, Ph.D., TM Teacher, speaker, facilitator, and author, discusses the benefits of Dynamic Facilitation, a tool that helps people use their diverse perspectives to problem-solve more effectively. She shares examples of citizen councils and assemblies from around the world that worked together to implement beneficial changes in their cities and countries.

Individual & Society

November 17, 2024

A Journey from the Congo to a Mission for Change | 50:47

Kabuika Kamunga, TM Teacher, manager, and journalist, shares her life story and many accomplishments, including her work teaching TM in her country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Most recently, she worked at the Mayo Clinic as an expert in building inclusive environments that foster community engagement.

Videos

November 10, 2024

Total Fitness and How to Achieve It Without Strain | 48:07

U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Ret.) Anthony Spinosa, developer of the Total Fitness Program for senior U.S. military at the National Defense University, discusses the role of the TM technique in achieving total fitness. He also gives insights into how each of us can easily develop our own program to enhance our mental and physical strength and resilience.

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.

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.

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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