{"id":12244,"date":"2014-11-08T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=12244"},"modified":"2014-11-17T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T20:55:14","slug":"how-transcendental-meditation-changed-this-hiv-patients-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/how-transcendental-meditation-changed-this-hiv-patients-life\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To This HIV Patient After He Learned Transcendental Meditation Is Remarkable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Video:<\/strong>\u00a0This clip appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/11\/05\/transcendental-meditation-benefits_n_6109400.html\">HuffPost Live<\/a> following the David Lynch Foundation\u2019s recent webinar <a href=\"http:\/\/hiv.davidlynchfoundation.org\"><i>Transcending HIV\/AIDS<\/i><\/a>, in which a panel of experts discussed the results of using the Transcendental Meditation technique as an adjunct treatment for HIV\/AIDS patients. See the full discussion with Bob Roth of the David Lynch Foundation, HIV\/AIDS Specialist Dr. Kamiar Alaei, Michael Rouppet, and HuffPost Live\u2019s Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani <a href=\"http:\/\/live.huffingtonpost.com\/r\/segment\/thrive-on-live-hiv-meditation-aids\/5445a61102a760362a000337\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Technique:<\/strong> Transcendental Meditation is a simple, natural, effortless technique 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 350 published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/research-on-meditation\" target=\"_blank\">research studies<\/a> have found that the TM technique markedly reduces stress, anxiety, and fatigue, and promotes balanced functioning of mind and body.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-07-at-2.47.47-PM-copy.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-11-07 at 2.47.47 PM copy\" width=\"510\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-07-at-2.47.47-PM-copy.png 510w, https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-07-at-2.47.47-PM-copy-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-07-at-2.47.47-PM-copy-474x176.png 474w, https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-07-at-2.47.47-PM-copy-208x77.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlynchfoundation.org\/research.html\">References<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I was in my residence for 20 years and evicted&#8230; and found myself, in a matter of months, homeless and living on the street&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/how-transcendental-meditation-changed-this-hiv-patients-life\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_excerpt -->","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":12246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12244","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\/12244","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12244"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12254,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12244\/revisions\/12254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}