{"id":12125,"date":"2015-10-02T08:36:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T12:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2018-07-23T13:17:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:17:22","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-on-why-hes-into-transcendental-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/jerry-seinfeld-on-why-hes-into-transcendental-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou Know That Tremendous Feeling Of Power When Your Phone Is Fully Charged?&#8221; &#8211; Jerry Seinfeld On Why He&#8217;s Into TM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Video:<\/strong> This clip is from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlynchfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Lynch Foundation<\/a>&#8216;s 5th Annual Change Begins Within Gala (on December 3rd, 2013). Jerry first learned the TM technique 40 years ago. The next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org\/Calendar\/2015\/11\/4\/0700\/PM\/Change-Begins-Within-Presented-by-Citi-A-David-Lynch-Foundation-Benefit-Concert\/\" target=\"_blank\">Change Begins Within benefit concert<\/a> is taking place at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Nov. 4th. Proceeds from the event will benefit the David Lynch Foundation\u2019s Meditate New York initiative to provide Transcendental Meditation instruction at no cost to 10,000 at-risk New Yorkers, including underserved youth, veterans with post-traumatic stress, and women and children who are victims of domestic violence. You can purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org\/Calendar\/2015\/11\/4\/0700\/PM\/Change-Begins-Within-Presented-by-Citi-A-David-Lynch-Foundation-Benefit-Concert\/\" target=\"_blank\">tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Technique:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/meditation-techniques\" target=\"_blank\">Transcendental Meditation<\/a> is a simple, natural, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/practice\" target=\"_blank\">effortless technique<\/a> practiced 20 minutes twice each day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It is easy to learn and enjoyable to practice, and is not a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle. Over six million people have learned it \u2014 people of all ages, cultures, and religions \u2014 and over 380 published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/research-on-meditation\" target=\"_blank\">research studies<\/a> have found that the TM technique markedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/reduced-stress-and-anxiety\" target=\"_blank\">reduces stress<\/a>, anxiety, and fatigue, and promotes balanced functioning of mind and body.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Seinfeld describes the Transcendental Meditation technique in fifty-five seconds. It&#8217;s worth a watch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/jerry-seinfeld-on-why-hes-into-transcendental-meditation\/\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_excerpt -->","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vlog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12125","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=12125"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13220,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12125\/revisions\/13220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}