The speakers share the extraordinary journey of how the David Lynch Foundation has brought the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique to over one million at-risk children and adults in 35 countries.
Bob Roth is the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation (DLF), author of the New York Times bestseller, Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation, and host of the iHeartRadio podcast Stay Calm.
Rena Boone is the DLF Regional Director for Washington, D.C., and the Director of The Meditation Center at THEARC, which serves the community in Wards 7 and 8 in the District. She directs the Silence the Violence initiative to bring the Transcendental Meditation technique to thousands of adults and youth in the nation’s capital.
Raisa Martinez is the DLF Senior Manager of Education. For the past six years, she has helped to develop, organize, and lead the Quiet Time program, which brings the TM technique to schools. She also teaches the TM technique to veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and women survivors of violence and abuse.
Mario Orsatti, Executive Director of the Center for Health and Wellness, a division of the David Lynch Foundation, interviewed Bob, Rena, and Raisa on May 17, 2020.
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The speakers share the extraordinary journey of how the David Lynch Foundation has brought the Transcendental Meditation technique to over one million at-risk children and adults in 35 countries.
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