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Clint Eastwood: TM is a Great Tool to Overcome Stress

08/09/2011

Iconic actor, director, composer, filmmaker Clint Eastwood has been dedicated to his daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique for more than 40 years. Read more

Adam, Asperger’s Syndrome, And The Transcendental Meditation Technique

08/01/2011

Asperger’s is often referred to as “high-functioning autism.” Asperger syndrome (AS) is a developmental disorder, associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one of a distinct group of neurological conditions characterized by… Read more

“MEDITATION NATION: How Transcendental Meditation returned as the new status symbol” –Details magazine

07/25/2011

“Movers and shakers are again embracing that seventies mainstay Transcendental Meditation,” according to national magazine DETAILS in its September…Read more

“Transcendence” becomes a New York Times bestseller!

07/21/2011

Over the past month, Dr. Norman Rosenthal’s new book Transcendence: Healing and Transformation through Transcendental Meditation has landed on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly. Read more

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Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: “It’s made a difference”

07/07/2011

Martin Scorsese is one of the cinema’s most acclaimed directors. Born in New York City in 1942, he was a quiet child with a strong case of asthma, and spent much of his young life alone watching movies. After high school he spent a year in a Catholic seminary preparing to become a priest. He later decided…
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New research finds that college students reduce stress, anxiety, and “perfectionistic thinking” through TM

07/05/2011

The simple, easily-learned Transcendental Meditation technique reduced stress levels, trait anxiety, depression, and “perfectionistic thinking” among 43 college students participating in a two-semester study at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, which was published in the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. Read more

“Meditation promoted for soldiers suffering from PTSD” – CNN

06/14/2011

This past week gala events in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, DC drew celebrities, scientists and doctors, and huge crowds to promote the use the Transcendental Meditation program as an… Read more

“Maharishi, what is ‘enlightenment’?”

05/25/2011

In this interview, UCLA student reporter Rachel Kelley asks Maharishi about the role of students in changing the world, how the Transcendental Meditation technique can improve effectiveness, and the best question of all—What is enlightenment? Read more

New research looks at brain integration in top athletes and in long-time meditators

04/26/2011

Peak performers have significantly higher degrees of brain and psychological development than the average population, according to a new study of brain functioning and measures of psychological development. Read more

Urban Zen Foundation honors David Lynch Foundation Vice President

03/30/2011

The Urban Zen Foundation has named as its April 2011 Community Ambassador Robert Roth, Vice-President of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. Read more

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