{"id":10263,"date":"2013-10-15T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T19:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=10263"},"modified":"2013-10-15T17:02:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T21:02:03","slug":"women-meditation-stress-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/people\/women-meditation-stress-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"WOMEN. MEDITATION. STRESS. \u2013 NYC Conference Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Tuesday, October 8, at the Paley Center for Media in New York City, a standing-room-only crowd of 350 professionals gathered to hear ten women leaders in business, media, education and social services discuss the impact of their Transcendental Meditation practice for reducing stress and stress-related disorders while improving health, creativity and performance.<\/p>\n

The conference also highlighted the work of the David Lynch Foundation\u2019s Women\u2019s Initiative in bringing relief to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.<\/p>\n

\u201cFunds raised from the conference are being used to provide the TM technique to hundreds of women and girls served by the Family Justice Centers<\/a> in New York City,\u201d said Britten Chroman, Director of the David Lynch Foundation\u2019s Women\u2019s Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are tens of thousands of women and children in the U.S. who are victims of violence and abuse. The Women\u2019s Initiative gives these women and children the evidence-based tool of TM to find relief and peace within.\u201d
\n\u2013Candy Crowley, Host of CNN\u2019s State of the Union with Candy Crowley<\/strong>
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TM gives me the space to dream and create. Anxiety has always been a constant issue for me and meditation acts as a guard, a sedative, a powerful antidote to darkness, anger and unproductive thinking.\u201d
\n\u2013Lena Dunham, Emmy award-winning filmmaker and actress<\/strong>
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\u201cTranscendental Meditation has empowered me in all aspects of my life. I make more conscious decisions with a deeper perspective and more balanced approach. It has enhanced my natural strengths and improved areas of weakness.\u201d
\n\u2013Rehana Farrell, CAO at Guggenheim Partners<\/strong>
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\u201cI have seen first hand the transformative effect of TM on the lives of domestic violence survivors and their children. It can be a powerful tool to begin the healing process for victims and their children.\u201d
\n\u2013Yolanda B. Jimenez, Commissioner of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Combat Domestic Violence<\/strong>
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\u201cEarly outcomes indicate that learning TM will help survivors of domestic violence recover from abuse they have experienced, as well as assisting them to more effectively utilize the numerous services available through the Family Justice Center.\u201d \u2013Carol Kurzig, President of the Avon Foundation for Women<\/strong>
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\u201cWe try to do it all. It\u2019s time to learn how to \u2018check in\u2019\u2014inwardly. Peace, enhanced creativity, and higher levels of integrated thinking are all gifts awaiting women who experience TM.\u201d
\n\u2013Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, Chief Medical Correspondent for Discovery Health TV<\/strong>
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\u201cDoing TM for 40 minutes each day gives us the calm and focus we need to deal with our crazy, busy, hectic lives. TM has changed the pace of my life and given me incredible focus and a sense of wellbeing.\u201d
\n\u2013Lesley Seymour, Editor-in-Chief, More magazine<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, October 8, at the Paley Center for Media in New York City, a standing-room-only crowd of 350 professionals gathered to hear ten women leaders in business, media, education and social services discuss the impact of their Transcendental Meditation practice for reducing stress and stress-related disorders while improving health, creativity and performance. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,53,61],"tags":[60,300,135],"class_list":["post-10263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-people","category-video","tag-david-lynch-foundation","tag-video","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}