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Academic Achievement and Transcendental Meditation

September 20, 2011

Struggling students improve their grades by 40% after three months of TM

Research study shows significantly improved standards in Inner-City Schools after three months. Transcendental Meditation improved academic achievement amongst low-performing at-risk students by over 40 percent and significantly improved classroom behaviour, according to a large study newly published online in the journal Education. The research was carried out amongst 189 school pupils, aged 13 to 14, in more »

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‘Estate of Mind’: The UK’s Meditating Village

August 24, 2011

A marble brahmasthan lies at the centre of Maharishi Garden Village

Spirit and Destiny magazine explores the “fortune-creating homes” of Maharishi Garden Village in Suffolk. September 2011 issue “Transcendental Meditation’s appeal is unsurprising, as it claims to offer a more fulfilled life and higher level of well-being for individuals – and society as a whole,” writes Spirit and Destiny magazine. “But it still comes as something more »

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Transcendental Meditation Improves Brain Function in Children with ADHD

August 8, 2011

Students participating in the study practise Transcendental Meditation

Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry UK A new study published this week in Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry found significantly improved general brain functioning and decreased symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, in school children practising the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. The randomly assigned controlled study was conducted over a period of 6 more »

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Jeff Garlin: How Meditation Helped Curb My Appetite!

July 11, 2011

Curb Your Enthusiasm star and executive producer Jeff Garlin is best known as Larry David’s roly-poly manager and sidekick in the award-winning TV sitcom, but in London this month, where he is starring in a run of stand-up comedy shows, Garlin surprised UK comedy fans and media with a lighter, healthier look. The 49-year-old star of Toy more »

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Meditation: Don’t Leave Home Without It!

May 27, 2011

Dr Norman Rosenthal who recommends daily meditation

guardian.co.uk: comment is free Wednesday 18 May 2011 A Daily Dose of Meditation Is a Route to Spiritual Joy and Mental Health. The psychiatrist Dr Norman Rosenthal, best known for describing seasonal affective disorder (SAD), believes meditation is an essential daily habit. Addressing a seminar on Meditation and Mental Health in London this month – more »

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Can meditation significantly improve academic standards in schools?

Increased achievement in English grades in meditating students

March 29, 2011

New research shows that the Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach in improving academic achievement amongst low-performing students by as much as 40 per cent. The study published in the journal Education was conducted with 189 high school students, aged 12 to 14, who were below proficiency level in English and Maths. Those taking part in the Transcendental more »

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Becoming a Better Parent

November 30, 2009

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

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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Top doctors advise “Meditate to avoid recession depression”

November 9, 2009

A leading psychologist and psychiatrist have teamed up to bring the benefits of Transcendental Meditation to the attention of professional people, who are under exceptional pressure at this time. Psychotherapist Nancy Liebler and psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal spoke on “Overcoming Depression in the Recession” at the Center for Leadership Performance, New York on 9 September.

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Financial Director, 60, overcomes lifelong insomnia

July 1, 2009

“Transcendental Meditation has given me inner peace that I didn’t believe I had. But for me the greatest benefit was that normal sleep – which had eluded me for the best part of 20 years – was dramatically enhanced. When I do wake up in the night, I go off to sleep again, as opposed more »

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