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From Guns to Meditation

June 29, 2012
Troy van Beek - from guns to meditation

As a US Navy Seal, Troy van Beek worked for 9 years in some of the most hostile and dangerous places on Earth. His last tour of duty was in  Afghanistan, where he was the lead sniper protecting the Afghan president for two years. Car and road bombs and suicide attacks were a part of his more »

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Oprah’s TV show creates record interest in Transcendental Meditation

April 19, 2012
Oprah Winfrey talks on TM

Oprah’s recent TV show featuring Transcendental Meditation and the town of Fairfield, Iowa, where thousands practise the technique each day, has generated immense interest in Transcendental Meditation in the USA, where the edition of the Next Chapter show reached an audience of several million. The US Transcendental Meditation website has reported a large increase in interest in learning the technique. Oprah more »

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Transcendental Meditation: an Effective Antidote to Rising Stress Levels in Schools

December 2, 2011
Stressed high school students reduced psychological distress by 36% over four months with TM

Journal of Instructional Psychology With record high stress levels among A-level students reported by both the UK’s Family Doctor Association and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, can a simple stress-reducing meditation technique be a viable solution?

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Evening Standard: Transcendental Meditation Free School in London

November 21, 2011
New free school planned for London will incorporate TM in the curriculum

“Children as young as four will be taught Transcendental Meditation twice a day at a new free school in London,” reported the Evening Standard on 14 November. “Followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who taught the technique to The Beatles, want to open the school in Hampton for pupils aged four to eighteen. Every morning and more »

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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.

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John Hagelin: How meditation transformed my student years

August 10, 2010
John Hagelin Conscious TV Aug 2010

The renowned American quantum physicist John Hagelin has described how he first learned Transcendental Meditation after a serious road accident as a teenager, and how his first few experiences of the technique inspired his lifetime’s work. He told Conscious TV, a UK digital channel, that at the age of 17 he had a very serious more »

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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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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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