{"id":12917,"date":"2015-05-16T14:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T18:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=12917"},"modified":"2016-05-23T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:43:04","slug":"be-you-program-teaches-transcendental-meditation-to-students-in-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/be-you-program-teaches-transcendental-meditation-to-students-in-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"These Children Are Struggling To Survive Within The School System. The Be You Program Found A Way To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Video:<\/strong> Introducing the Be You Program, founded on September 5, 2012. The UK-based, nonprofit organization\u2019s mission is \u201cto transform the lives and prospects of young people who struggle to fulfil their potential within the school system by teaching them valuable life skills and techniques.\u201d Directed by Nicolai Fischer, produced by Kitty de la Beche. To stay updated about future projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beyouprogramme\" target=\"_blank\">follow their Facebook page<\/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, effortless technique practiced twenty minutes twice each day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/meditation-myths-watch-this-and-think-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">easy to learn<\/a> 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, peer-reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/research-on-meditation\" target=\"_blank\">research studies<\/a> have found that the TM technique significantly reduces stress, anxiety, and fatigue, and promotes balanced functioning of mind and body.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur goal is that each of you recognize the precious nature of who you really are and the immense opportunity that is your life. And that you develop a passion and confidence to go for what you want and to be who you are.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/be-you-program-teaches-transcendental-meditation-to-students-in-the-united-kingdom\/\">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":1,"featured_media":12924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[270,295,98,22],"class_list":["post-12917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vlog","tag-high-school","tag-meditation","tag-school","tag-transcendental-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12917","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=12917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12925,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12917\/revisions\/12925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}