From the yearly archives:

2009

Brain, meditation expert Fred Travis visits London

December 21, 2009
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One of the world’s most published researchers on the brain, meditation, and education, Fred Travis PhD, visited London 13-15 December 2009. He gave a live EEG (electroencephalogram) demonstration of increased coherence in the all-important frontal lobes of the brain during Transcendental Meditation at a well-attended conference. The next day, in a more in-depth session, he more »

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50 year anniversary of Maharishi in Great Britain

December 10, 2009
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On 13 December 1959 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrived in London to a whirlwind of radio and TV interviews, and within months he had taught hundreds of people his simple technique of Transcendental Meditation. Now, 50 years on, Transcendental Meditation is the world’s most thoroughly researched and popular self-development technique.

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Monday 14 December, London – Visiting international scientists to endorse programme to raise Britain above problems

December 10, 2009
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A visiting molecular geneticist and brain scientist will join British experts in Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based Education, Vedic Medicine, Transcendental Meditation, Vedic Organic Agriculture, and other programmes to launch a three-year plan for Britain on 14 December.

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Russell Brand “masters the art of Transcendental Meditation” – Sun newspaper

December 10, 2009
Russell Brand

The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Sun newspaper on 8 December 2009: He has just returned from a four-day retreat to master the art of Transcendental Meditation. The practice, which sees devotees use a repeated mantra to gain inner calm, was established by THE BEATLES’ favourite mystic, MAHARISHI MAHESH more »

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Becoming a Better Parent

November 30, 2009
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The December issue of Flying Start Parenting magazine features the story of a typical stressed mum who found something that dramatically helped her cope, and be a better parent too. Helle Pettersen, nurse and mother of three-and-a-half year old daughter Josephine, was a “doing machine”.

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Transcendental Meditation Helps Women with Breast Cancer

November 19, 2009
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Women with breast cancer showed reduced stress and improved mental health and emotional well being after learning Transcendental Meditation, according to a new study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Integrative Cancer Therapies (vol. 8, no. 3: September 2009). “It is wonderful that physicians now have a range of interventions to use, more »

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BBC, Daily Telegraph feature benefits of Transcendental Meditation for heart disease

November 17, 2009
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Meditation “cuts risk of heart attack by half” Meditation is good for the body as well as the mind, scientists have discovered, as the practice significantly reduces the risk of a heart attack for people with heart disease On 17 November, news media in Britain and around the world reported: “Meditation ‘cuts risk of heart more »

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Beatle’s son, James McCartney, makes his musical debut

November 15, 2009
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According to The Sun newspaper, James McCartney, son of Sir Paul, has “a way with melody and a set of pipes, which are more than a match for his dad’s.” James made his public debut during concert at Maharishi University Management on 14 November in Iowa, USA. Playing back-to-back sold-out concerts at the Stephen Sondheim more »

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New light on “The Men Who Stare at Goats”

November 13, 2009
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United States Air Force veteran, David Leffler, PhD, has been associated with one of the real-life characters of the book and movie “The Men Who Stare at Goats” discusses the realistic military possibility of using more of the potential of the human mind using his area of expertise – Invincible Defence Technology (IDT), according a more »

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Getting migraine sorted

November 11, 2009
Amanda Leat

In November, Woman’s Own magazine featured the “life-changing therapy” of Transcendental Meditation. Amanda Leat, 34, from London, suffered terrible migraines, getting blurred vision, dizziness, exhaustion, nausea, and vomiting. Severe headaches once or twice a week left her unwell for days and unable to function in daily life. “I tried all the usual things advisable for more »

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