{"id":13078,"date":"2015-08-23T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=13078"},"modified":"2018-07-23T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:18:10","slug":"whats-making-students-happier-more-self-confident-and-less-anxious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/whats-making-students-happier-more-self-confident-and-less-anxious\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Making Students Happier, More Self-Confident, And Less Anxious?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing here is setting the conditions for learning, and that\u2019s not rocket science, that\u2019s thoughtful, and intentional deliberate work. All schools should be like this. This shouldn\u2019t be an exception.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Video:<\/strong> Produced and edited by the David Lynch Foundation<\/a>. Over the past several years, full TM scholarships have been given to more than 500,000 at-risk students, military veterans and others in need, through initiatives such as the Quiet Time program<\/a>, and partnerships with other non-profit organizations and foundations<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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 380 published research studies<\/a> have found that the TM technique markedly reduces stress, anxiety, and fatigue, and promotes balanced functioning of mind<\/a> and body.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing here is setting the conditions for learning, and that\u2019s not rocket science, that\u2019s thoughtful, and intentional deliberate work. All schools should be like this. This shouldn\u2019t be an exception.\u201d Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[60,276,295,235,297,277,22],"class_list":["post-13078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vlog","tag-david-lynch-foundation","tag-dlf","tag-meditation","tag-quiet-time","tag-students","tag-study","tag-transcendental-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13078","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=13078"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13084,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13078\/revisions\/13084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}