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High Medical Costs Decrease Significantly after Five Years of Transcendental Meditation

October 11, 2011
Healthcare costs of Transcendental Meditation Practitioners decreased by 28% over Five Years

American Journal of Health Promotion Autumn 2011 According to a newly published Canadian study, the medical costs of treating people with consistently high healthcare needs was reduced by 28 percent after an average of five years practice of the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique by the individuals, indicating a significant improvement in their general health. This 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? And to accompany images of youngsters making off with bottles of wine, 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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“Our Minds Move Markets”, says Meditation Group

December 14, 2010
Transcendental Meditation group Iowa, USA

The Stock Market has had a tough time recently, with the USA’s Dow Jones Industrial Average suffering its worst one-week drop in five years. No worries though, according to a recent MSN News report, as a meditation group in America’s midwest promises their good vibrations will send the blue-chip index soaring within a year. A group calling more »

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Russell Brand: How to Achieve Real Happiness

November 1, 2010
R Brand Newsnight

BBC Newsnight, October 2010 In an interview with  the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman, comedian Russell Brand revealed that his deepest wish is to use his fame to  create something more valuable and beautiful than the “trivial things” he is known for. He spoke of the sham and emptiness of celebrity and consumerism, and how, having achieved more »

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Hollywood actress Eva Mendes: “What Matters to Me Most in Life”

September 28, 2010
Hollywood actress Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes is famous for her beauty and style, but in a recent interview with Spotceleb.com she revealed the thing she values most in life is balance — and all that it takes for her to achieve this is Transcendental Meditation. “I’m actually huge into meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and that really helps create not only 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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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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