{"id":10878,"date":"2014-03-18T14:08:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=10878"},"modified":"2019-03-05T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:09:00","slug":"six-reasons-women-should-learn-tm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/meditation\/six-reasons-women-should-learn-tm\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Benefits Of Transcendental Meditation (And How You Can Get Started Today)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a fun article published in Women\u2019s Health magazine, Caitlin Carlson gives her stamp of approval for learning the Transcendental Meditation <\/strong>technique. And she offers six reasons to learn TM \u2013 including better workouts, lower risk of heart disease, improved productivity at work, weight loss, stronger relationships, and a more youthful body. Here are a few excerpts from Carlson\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

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6 Benefits of Transcendental Meditation (and How You Can Get Started Today)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Practice transcendental meditation for 20 minutes, twice a day, to help you lose weight, thrive at work, and ward off heart disease.<\/p>\n

By Caitlin Carlson<\/a><\/p>\n

Far from the hippy dippy stigma it used to carry, meditation is starting to be viewed as hip\u2014and healthy. And it seems like everyone is catching on and talking about it, from Oprah to Heather Graham to Russell Brand to Dr. Oz. In fact, the American Heart Association recently gave Transcendental Meditation (TM) its stamp of approval, which means you might even hear your doctor talk about it at your next appointment.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the gist: for 20 minutes, twice a day, you sit quietly with your eyes closed while silently repeating a mantra. The idea is that regular practice of Transcendental Meditation will help you feel less stressed, more focused on the here and now, and more attuned to your body and your mind.<\/p>\n

\u2022 TM can amp up your workout
\n\u2022 TM can slash your risk for heart disease and stroke
\n\u2022 TM can help you thrive at work
\n\u2022 TM can help you lose weight
\n\u2022 TM can improve your relationships
\n\u2022 TM can make you grow younger<\/p>\n

\u201cBy strengthening synaptic connections in the brain, TM helps us to gain patience, be a better listener, and see more value in others and our relationships,\u201d says Rachel Katz, a certified Transcendental\u00a0Meditation teacher at the David Lynch Foundation<\/a> in New York City.<\/p>\n

Research published in the International Journal of Neuroscience<\/em><\/a> found that subjects with an average chronological age of 50 years who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for over 5 years, had a biological age 12 years younger than their chronological age. (Translation: a 55-year-old meditator had the physiology of a 43-year-old.)<\/p>\n

Convinced yet? To learn how to practice this awesome meditation, visit TM.org<\/a>. You\u2019ll need to get trained by a certified teacher (in the same way it was taught thousands of years ago)\u2014and pay a fee. (Each local TM center offers a payment plan, as well as partial grants or partial scholarships for those facing financial hardship, so the money should definitely not be your reason for passing.) <\/p>\n

Why the training? \u201cIt\u2019s like so many things\u2014from learning a musical instrument to learning to play tennis, it\u2019s valuable to have a good teacher to help guide you so that you master the technique,\u201d says Katz.<\/p>\n

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To read the full Women\u2019s Health article, click here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a fun article published in Women\u2019s Health magazine, Caitlin Carlson gives her stamp of approval for learning the Transcendental Meditation technique. And she offers six reasons to learn TM \u2013 including better workouts, lower risk of heart disease, improved productivity at work… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":11560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[295,32,135],"class_list":["post-10878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation","tag-meditation","tag-stress","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10878","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\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10878"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13791,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10878\/revisions\/13791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}