Full Stories
Personal Growth
August 7, 2020
What Saved My Sanity
Christian Dior executive Donna Hauser writes, “If I could think of one way to describe my initial encounter with the TM technique, it was a peace and a ‘slowing down’ that I never thought I could allow myself. Who has time to add one more task to an already chaotic life? We all do. And we must. By starting TM, I allowed and gave myself room to breathe.”
Creativity & the Arts
November 11, 2016
Shy Girl Dreaming
Linda Egenes: “My daily TM practice had such a profound effect on my life that, after graduating with my degree in elementary education, I became a teacher of TM. Here was the missing element in education—the thing I had been looking for: the simple, effortless technique that could help every child express the creativity, intelligence, and goodness that is inside them. Learning to teach the TM program was the fulfillment of my dream to help children grow and learn.”
Better Health
May 4, 2018
A Gift for Myself: Recovering from Lyme
“I am a year into my TM practice, and nearly all of the Lyme symptoms are gone,” writes Donna Faulkner. “Now I’m enjoying the other benefits of the practice, such as joy-filled days of creativity, energy, purposefulness, and peacefulness.”
Business Success
April 3, 2021
A High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Experience with Advanced Techniques of TM
Oded Shefer, founder and CEO of CPattern, describes the accelerated growth in his personal and business lives since learning the TM Advanced Techniques. “I was practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique for many years, thinking I was driving a race car,” he writes. “Now I am on a jet plane.”
Creativity & the Arts
December 22, 2016
Unlocking the Music Within
Donald Sosin: “After I started TM, I wrote a little song cycle that was the real start of my compositional career. I had been thinking about it but had not been able to bring it to fruition. Suddenly the process of creation was fun and the music came easily.”
Business Success
August 2, 2018
Former Sony Exec Talks about TM and the Art of Developing Emotional Intelligence
Insights from the former president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, David Bishop: “The evidence is mounting that for anyone who is, or aspires to be, a leader, Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) can be a vital component in maximizing one’s effectiveness. In my own career, my TM practice proved to be invaluable.”
Better Health
May 4, 2018
A Gift for Myself: Recovering from Lyme
“I am a year into my TM practice, and nearly all of the Lyme symptoms are gone,” writes Donna Faulkner. “Now I’m enjoying the other benefits of the practice, such as joy-filled days of creativity, energy, purposefulness, and peacefulness.”
Business Success
April 4, 2018
An Extraordinary Abundance of Time
“While I could write a book about each individual benefit I’ve found from TM, the most extraordinary change I experienced as I shifted to working for myself is the abundance of time,” writes Kat Maund, who started her own home-staging and interior-design business in Portland, Oregon.
Better Health
September 8, 2017
My New and Improved Brain
Jessica Hatchette shares how TM helped her recover from a traumatic injury: “I’m better today than I was before I started TM. In addition to getting my old brain function back, I’m more kind, patient, resilient, present, calm, and compassionate.”