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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? A new study published in the Journal of Instructional Psychology found the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique significantly more »

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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. The research was carried out amongst 189 school pupils, aged 13 to 14, in more »

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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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