Rehabilitation

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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Social cohesion requires brain cohesion

September 5, 2011
Brain functioning determines behaviour

As doom turned to broom on our screens recently, every news source was filled with analyses of the riots in some of Britain’s major cities: Why had they happened? What is wrong with our society? How can they be prevented from happening again?

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Alternative treatment for traumatised soldiers – CNN

June 28, 2011
Celebries want the US government to support meditation for military

CNN, The Washington Post and other American media reported on gala events in New York City and other Washington, DC, earlier this month which drew celebrities, scientists, doctors, and huge crowds to promote the use of Transcendental Meditation (TM) as an antidote to the epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is afflicting large numbers of more »

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Transforming the lives of Colombia’s street children

April 11, 2011
Colombia's street children - smiling now

The dynamism, love and immense enthusiasm, that radiates from Father Gabriel Mejia makes one realise how he has been so successful in helping the abandoned street children in Colombia. Over the last 25 years his Centres (Fundacion Hogares Claret) have helped tens of thousands of children find a way to live healthy, happy and purposeful more »

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Peace Palace for Belfast wins support of Northern Ireland Government

January 28, 2011
Belfast Peace Line Project

A £10m project to create lasting peace for Northern Ireland is under way. Construction of a Peace Palace will take place on land purchased by an international charity exactly on the “Peace Line” which traverses Belfast. The Government of Northern Ireland supports the project and full planning permission has been granted for two beautiful buildings more »

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Meditation inspired my new album says Charlatans frontman, Tim Burgess

December 14, 2010
Tim Burgess lead singer The Charlatans

The Charlatans burst onto the Britpop music scene in 1990 with “The Only One I Know” and became part of the heady Manchester scene at the height of the ecstasy years. Twenty years on lead singer Tim Burgess’s inspiration is not drugs and alcohol, but Transcendental Meditation. He learned the technique last year and told The more »

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Freedom Behind Bars

August 10, 2010
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“When I meditate, I feel free, I feel calm … I feel that nothing could touch me. It’s a great feeling.” – Ladarrius Tidmore, 21, prisoner, Oregon State prison, USA Freedom Behind Bars: Meditation in Prison is a short, yet powerful documentary (once loaded, see video clip top right of this page) about a successful more »

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Transcendental Meditation sparks unprecedented interest in Russia

August 10, 2010
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Last year filmmaker artist David Lynch visited Russia to promote both his book on Transcendental Meditation, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, and the work of his charity, the David Lynch Foundation, in the country. Lynch, who has been popular in Russia since his Twin Peaks was released on local television at the more »

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