TM Talks
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 their TM practice has made life more productive and easier for them and their meditating employees.
The Arts
June 9, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld’s Take on TM (Part 1) | 52:08
Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, discusses video excerpts from an hour-long interview he did on Sirius XM with award-winning comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the actor, writer, and producer best known for his iconic sitcom Seinfeld, the film Bee Movie, and the series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Mr. Seinfeld talks about how his TM practice since 1972 has helped him thrive in work and life. This encore episode originally aired September 11, 2022.
Personal Growth
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.
Better Health
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.
The Arts
April 20, 2024
Living a Creative Life | 57:04
Ken Buhler, an artist in painting, drawing, and printmaking, discusses his creative process and the impact of TM on his work and life. He also talks about teaching art for 22 years at one of America’s most renowned institutions of higher learning, Bard College in New York. His paintings were described by the New York Times as “beautifully made and distinguished by an ambition to reduce nature to a state of luminous abstraction.”
The Arts
June 27, 2021
Consciousness, Creativity, and the Artist | 53:04
David Lynch, Academy Award-winning filmmaker known for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks, discusses the role of the artist’s state of consciousness in the creative process and how his TM practice has influenced his work as a director, artist, and philanthropist. This encore episode originally aired May 3, 2020.
Education
December 20, 2020
Introducing the TM Experience to Youth in High-Risk Communities in South Africa | 52:34
Melanie Brown, Ph.D., and Marcia Abrahams, co-founders of The Communiversity of South Africa, talk about the intense challenges facing underserved youth and the importance of the TM technique at this low-cost, pre-college, community-based program.
Enlightenment
November 7, 2021
We Are All Connected | 51:45
Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., a medical doctor and neuroscientist trained at Harvard and MIT, discusses how the underlying unity present in life’s diversity is the true nature of life. A renowned expert in the science of consciousness and human development, Dr. Nader is the successor to TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the global leader of the teaching of the TM technique in 120 countries.
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.
The Arts
July 11, 2021
The TM Technique and Creativity | 52:08
Temple St. Clair, one of the world’s leading jewelry designers and winner of the Jewelers of America GEM award, is one of only three American artists (along with Louis Tiffany and Alexander Calder) in the Louvre’s permanent collection of decorative arts in Paris. She discusses her career and the role of her TM practice in enhancing her creativity. This encore episode originally aired July 26, 2020.
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.
Maharishi
July 17, 2022
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Why Group Meditation Is So Valuable | 46:09
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answers questions about how the group practice of the TM technique can positively impact the world, in a 1984 interview with the Boston Globe. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation and author of the New York Times bestseller Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation, joins host Mario Orsatti to discuss a video of the interview.
Personal Growth
April 13, 2025
How to Be Happy for No Reason | 49:11
Marci Shimoff is a number one New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned transformational teacher, and expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. Ms. Shimoff discusses how she overcame depression through her TM practice and how she continues to develop happiness through research and interviews with happy people.
Better Health
October 11, 2020
Fluid Motion and Peak Performance | 51:15
Steven Yellin, developer of the training program The Fluid Motion Factor for professional golfers who have won five Major championships, as well as national and Olympic teams around the world, discusses how the TM technique helps professional and collegiate athletes gain the experience of “frictionless flow.”
Maharishi
October 22, 2023
The Influence of Group Meditation on the Collective Consciousness of Society | 1:38:44
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answers questions about how group practice of the TM technique and advanced programs can positively impact world peace. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss highlights from this 1984 interview with a Boston Globe reporter. This encore episode first aired on May 16, 2021.
Helping Others
January 14, 2024
The TM Technique in Ukraine—Helping Thousands Learn | 48:37
Ukrainian TM Teachers Alisa Feliz and Oleg Avagian discuss how thousands have learned TM during the war in Ukraine, even in its most dangerous areas. They discuss Ukrainians’ experiences as a result of practicing TM during this time, and their own personal fulfillment in teaching. They also share a video of Ukrainian Meditators speaking about learning the TM technique. This encore episode originally aired June 25, 2023.
Creativity & the Arts
January 11, 2026
An Artist’s Journey: From Dignitaries to Storybooks | 52:34
Portrait painter and illustrator Edmund Stuart “Ned” Bittinger reflects on a career devoted to depicting public figures who have shaped American history and culture. From official commissions for the US Capitol and US State Department to acclaimed children’s book illustrations, Mr. Bittinger discusses his artistic process, early training, and the responsibility of capturing both likeness and character.