TM Talks
TM in the News
September 8, 2024
Dr. Tony Nader Talks about the Goal of Transcendental Meditation—Unity Consciousness | 54:23
Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, discusses video excerpts of Dr. Tony Nader talking about the ultimate goal of TM—Unity Consciousness. Dr. Nader is a medical doctor and neuroscientist trained at Harvard and MIT, as well as a scholar in modern science and Vedic wisdom. He is the head of the international Transcendental Meditation organizations.
Business
September 1, 2024
Enlightening Oneself and Inspiring Others | 50:12
Derrick Ades, Executive Vice President of the commercial real estate company CBRE, discusses his experience with the Transcendental Meditation technique. He also talks about the challenges of his career in a Fortune 500 company and the value of his daily TM practice while working in New York City during and after the intensely stressful COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arts
August 25, 2024
Music and Silence in the Life of a Composer | 54:51
Award-winning composer Joanne Metcalf talks about how the TM and TM-Sidhi programs have impacted her work and enriched her life. Her compositions have been performed and broadcast in more than 30 countries by leading musicians, including the Hilliard Ensemble and three-time Grammy winner The Crossing. She shares two pieces of her choral music, which is acclaimed for its evocative lyricism.
Better Health
August 18, 2024
A Key to Success at Work and at Home I 45:28
Nationally recognized medical researcher and professor of medicine, Patty J. Lee, M.D., discusses her remarkable career and rich family life. She talks about the advantages of having a family of regular meditators and the benefits of her TM practice for her success and well-being. Her career led to discoveries that developed new paradigms in understanding immune signaling, an important component of the immune system.
Helping Others
August 4, 2024
Meditate America: Transforming the Nation from Within | 42:59
Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, shares exciting news about “Meditate America,” the Foundation’s national public health initiative, which has already launched in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. He announces details of the grand celebration to be held on September 12, 2024, hosted by actor Hugh Jackman and live-streamed globally from Lincoln Center in New York City.
Better Health
July 28, 2024
Creating a Sustainable Fitness Program: Connecting Your Exercise to Your True Nature (Part 2) | 54:43
Suzanne Brue, fitness consultant and best-selling author, is back by popular demand to elaborate on “The 8 Colors of Fitness” for creating an exercise program that we’ll never quit. She also discusses how the expansion of consciousness through the TM program spontaneously leads us to choose evolutionary habits in every area of life. This encore episode originally aired March 5, 2023.
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.
Personal Growth
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.
Business Success
January 29, 2023
Brain Integration: The Secret to Success | 51:31
Frederick Travis, Ph.D., co-author of World-Class Brain, Director of the MIU Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition, and a leading researcher of meditation, discusses his scientific studies on how specific characteristics of brain integration underlie the success of world-class performers, and how these characteristics increase with regular TM practice. This encore episode first aired on February 21, 2021.
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.
Business Success
August 23, 2020
Be an Ideal Leader in Your Professional and Personal Life | 49:00
David Bishop, was president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment. An inductee of Variety’s Hall of Fame, he now develops leaders at Netflix, Amazon, and Google as president of The David Bishop Group. A 40-year TM practitioner, he shares how to grow one’s leadership qualities.
Individual & Society
March 6, 2022
The Ukraine Crisis and the Power of Collective Consciousness: How We Can All Play a Role in Easing Global Tensions and Creating Lasting Peace | 1:00:18
National leaders of the TM program discuss the principle of collective consciousness and how defusing regional and global tensions is the first step toward lasting peace. Studies have shown that TM practice in large groups can alleviate societal stress and reduce conflict and violence through a “field effect” in collective consciousness.
The Arts
August 6, 2023
Ringo Starr on Cultivating Enlightenment and Peace for the Individual and the World | 51:43
In video excerpts from an interview with Ringo Starr, Bob Roth, and interviewer Matt Whyte on the podcast Sing for Science, Sir Richard Starkey MBE, aka Ringo, talks about meeting TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1960s and learning the TM technique. He also discusses his upbringing in Liverpool in the 1950s and being saved by music and the gift of meditation.
Education
March 7, 2021
Hacking Consciousness: Creating the Reality of a Healthy, Blissful World | 48:33
Michael Heinrich, founder and CEO of garten, a Top YC company, discusses “Hacking Consciousness,” his course at Stanford University, and the revolution that’s happening in businesses to help improve the mind/body health and well-being of employees.
The Arts
September 4, 2022
Our Nation’s Ongoing Quest for Inner Freedom and Self-Development—and the Inside Story of the Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” | 55:17
Prudence Farrow Bruns, Ph.D., talks about studying with TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India in 1968, meeting the Beatles there, and John Lennon’s song about her. She established one of the first U.S. yoga centers in the 1960s, and discusses the rise of yoga and meditation over 50 years. This encore episode first aired on June 14, 2020.
Maharishi
January 7, 2024
Maharishi on the Art of Right Decision-Making (Part 2) | 53:40
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains how expansion of awareness during TM practice produces broader comprehension, resulting in spontaneously right decisions. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss more highlights from this classic 1972 talk, from an MIT symposium on the Science of Creative Intelligence. This encore episode originally aired on March 14, 2021.
Helping Others
August 29, 2021
Helping a Country Suffering from the Trauma of War: The Armenia Recovery Now Project | 50:05
Greg Monokian and Rouzanna Vardanyan discuss the experience of helping a country recover from the trauma of war through the TM program. In coordination with national and provincial governments and NGOs, they and other TM teachers are bringing relief to the Armenian people after years of regional conflict.
The Arts
February 5, 2023
Achieving and Maintaining Peak Performance | 48:18
Sharon Isbin, “the preeminent guitarist of our time,” is a multiple GRAMMY winner, with 30+ best-selling records, who has soloed with 200 orchestras and performed in the Oscar-winning The Departed and at the White House for President Obama. A TM practitioner since age 17, she discusses how her practice has influenced her music, career, and recordings. This encore episode first aired on April 26, 2020.
Personal Growth
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.
Helping Others
March 20, 2022
Life in Accord with Natural Law in Central America | 51:48
Randall Tolpinrud discusses his decades-long adventure in Costa Rica’s innovative conservation efforts, an inspiring success story about protecting and promoting the ecological health and wellbeing of the natural world. He is president of the Pax Natura Foundation, whose honorary chairs are Dame Jane Goodall and Oscar Arias Sánchez, Nobel Laureate and former president of Costa Rica.