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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 Success

June 2, 2024

Shaping Change: How to Respond Gracefully to Life’s Disruptions | 49:46

Well-known author and prominent financial advisor Susan Bradley talks about the importance of handling change gracefully. She discusses the challenges of experiencing extreme loss or extreme gain, and the important role the TM practice can play in keeping us on track for personal growth and stability in our lives. This encore episode originally aired July 16, 2023.

The Arts

May 26, 2024

Connecting with the Creative Power of Nature through Art | 55:28

Artist and art teacher Greg Thatcher discusses the relationship between TM practice and the subjective experience of creating and appreciating art. He also talks about perceiving art with openness and an expanded state of consciousness, which offers us direct contact with our deeper selves and the inspiration and beauty experienced by artists in their work.

Maharishi

May 19, 2024

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Rising to Unity Consciousness: The Growth of Harmony | 55:33

TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi discusses how each of us, through our TM practice, is gaining the ability to live our full potential of intelligence, creativity, and a refined vision of the nature of reality. Prof. Gerry Geer of Maharishi International University, who teaches the course Higher States of Consciousness, joins host Mario Orsatti to discuss Maharishi’s popular talk from 1970. This encore episode originally aired March 13, 2022.

Education

May 12, 2024

Saving Lives, Building Futures: A Remarkable School for Underserved Girls in Thailand | 48:21

Sarah Bence is the Director of Development at Dhammajarinee Witthaya, a free school for underserved students in Thailand. The school has been offering the TM and TM-Sidhi® programs to teachers and students since 2008, and students have won many awards and received growing recognition for their achievements, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Business

May 5, 2024

Helping High-Tech Businesses Fulfill Their Dreams | 40:49

Brian Bell is the founder and managing partner at Team Ignite Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm in Northern California. He talks about his investment and advisory work with promising high-tech companies. After trying many different meditation approaches, he also discusses his special experience practicing the TM technique for four years now.

Science

April 28, 2024

Sleep and How to Do It Better | 56:58

Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition at Maharishi International University, discusses recent research and discoveries about the impact of sleep on human brain physiology. He also talks about the importance of Maharishi AyurVeda and daily TM practice for “getting rid of brain dirt” and improving the quality and depth of our sleep.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Better Health

February 3, 2018

Strength in Stillness: Bob Roth Talks about His New Book, the Rise of Meditation in Our Culture, and the Future of TM

The longtime TM teacher and David Lynch FoundationSM (DLF) CEO took time for a Q&A. What led him to write a new TM book now? What can meditators do to maximize their growth? What has changed in views of meditation since he started teaching TM 45 years ago?

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

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Science & Research

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Better Health

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Better Health

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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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