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Thousands of Buddhist Monks in Asia Learn Transcendental Meditation

November 10, 2011
Buddhist monks who have learnt Transcendental Meditation at a monastery in Thailand

More than 3,000 Buddhist monks in 100 monasteries throughout Southeast Asia have learned the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, as a result of the work of a revered Japanese Buddhist monk, Reverend Koji Oshima, who is a long-term practitioner and teacher of TM.   According to Rev Oshima, who has personally instructed the technique in many of more »

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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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“We need not struggle for the things we want in life”

August 19, 2011
Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson is an American who was born profoundly deaf, but this has never prevented him from achieving all that he wanted in life. He practises Transcendental Meditation and has found the technique to be life changing. In his words it is “a simple reminder that we need not struggle for the things we want 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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Scorsese: The Difference Meditation Made to My Life

July 22, 2011
Martin Scorsese Supports the David Lynch Foundation

Legendary film director Martin Scorsese has spoken out in support of a charity outreach to teach Transcendental Meditation to children and veterans suffering from traumatic stress, and revealed how practice of the technique has helped him in his own life and work. The creator of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas told a recent benefit gala more »

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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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Brilliant minds: What leading businessmen and virtuoso musicians have in common

June 20, 2011
Professional classical musicians’ brains are highly developed

New research shows that professional classical musicians’ brains are highly developed in a way that makes them more alert, eager to learn, open-minded, calm, and playful. The same traits have previously been found among world-class athletes, top-level managers,  and individuals who practise Transcendental Meditation. These traits are collectively referred to as “high mind brain development”, 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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Timely solution for peace in the Middle East?

May 13, 2011
Positive-News-Spring-2011 Could the military use meditation to create peace?

Based on an article in Positive News -  a hard-facts environmental publication, looking at stories of increasing harmony and environmental awareness in the world. Issue 67, Spring 2011 All his life, Einstein searched for proof of one underlying field of creation – a “unified field,” more basic and many hundreds of thousands of times more more »

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