{"id":14731,"date":"2020-04-09T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=14731"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:04:47","slug":"the-key-to-relationships-is-to-take-care-of-our-own-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/the-key-to-relationships-is-to-take-care-of-our-own-self\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Key to Relationships Is to Take Care of Our Own Self&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a phenomenon you have already experienced in your life. Think about it: When you&#8217;re stressed or tired, you&#8217;re predisposed towards anger and frustration, but when you feel clear, calm and rested, your perception of the world and feelings towards others automatically become a little rosier. On a good day, one of those \u201cI\u2019m on top of the world\u201d days, nothing can bring you down. On the other hand, on \u201cbad\u201d days, even a kind word can feel like an insult.<\/p>\n<p>Now imagine having a tool\u2013or a <em>technique<\/em>\u2013to tip the scale towards more and more good days and fewer bad ones.<\/p>\n<p>When you use the TM technique to frequently come in contact with your own inner reservoir of peace and happiness, your actions (and reactions) towards others reflect that inner happiness. Health benefits aside, TM practice is a direct method of nurturing your relationship with <em>yourself<\/em>, and your relationships with others benefit in turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about the benefits of the TM technique at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\">TM.org<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/contact-us\">click here to find a certified teacher near you \u25ba<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of us are stuck home\u2013alone or in close proximity with family or roommates\u2013this commentary on relationships from our founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is more relevant than ever.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/vlog\/the-key-to-relationships-is-to-take-care-of-our-own-self\">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":14773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[298,273,295,360,359,22],"class_list":["post-14731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vlog","tag-maharishi","tag-meditate","tag-meditation","tag-personal-development","tag-relationships","tag-transcendental-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14731","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=14731"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14792,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14731\/revisions\/14792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}