{"id":8107,"date":"2012-09-18T17:54:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T21:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2015-02-19T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:59:06","slug":"tm-helps-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/video\/tm-helps-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"TM Helps Cancer Treatment Center Health Providers Overcome Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpts from the video:<\/p>\n

Laura Stevenson, Registered Occupational Therapist
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“I had heard about TM and read about its benefits. I thought it would really help me (and that) it would help patients deal with stress\u2026.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time (I practiced TM) was like an epiphany. It was, \u2018Wow, I didn\u2019t know I could feel quite this relaxed.\u2019 It was very, very nice\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy blood pressure has definitely gone down. I sleep better, much better when I meditate twice a day. It\u2019s a non-pharmaceutical way to deal with stress. I think everyone should do it. You know, stress relief, every single person could benefit from this and it\u2019s easy.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr. Ajay Desai, Radiation Oncologist <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cBeing a physician is very stressful. There are a lot of casualties of that stress. You see that in many different ways like depression, substance abuse…<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing I\u2019ve noticed is TM increases my productivity. I feel more energetic. I\u2019m able to deal with a lot of those time pressing issues much better.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Julie Leach, Director of Clinical Research: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI could not believe how easy TM was. When you\u2019re done you just take a moment and sit there and collect your thoughts and there\u2019s just a nice calming effect\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my staff would tell you I\u2019m calmer. That has been my most noticeable, best benefit. I was having a particularly challenging day and had been out discussing what had needed to be done with the other person involved and he looked at me and he said, \u2018you\u2019re really calm about all this.\u2019 And I just looked at him and said, \u2018it\u2019s TM.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr. Ravi Patel, CBCC Founder <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n \u201cIt\u2019s good to see how the people that have learned the TM are interacting. There\u2019s a deeper harmony, a much more easy ability to communicate and work with each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody can come and walk around our building, anytime actually, and they\u2019ll notice all the people are happy and the patients are happy and the staff is happy. The TM program for us is useful because it has allowed us to really streamline our focus in good patient care.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sue Ellen Jenkins, Nuclear Medical Technologist <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs an employee I feel very blessed to work for a company that would invest in me as far as how that affects the ability to deal with your customers, your patients. It\u2019s a win win situation for everybody\u2026.
\n \u201cWhen you walk through the clinic, there\u2019s an air here of hope, there\u2019s an air commonality among the staff. Come here and feel the environment and you tell me, what\u2019s the difference.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early in his medical career oncologist Ravi Patel, M.D. treated his cancer patients by the book. But it wasn\u2019t long before he realized that there had to be a better way. Dr. Patel recognized that cancer patients needed more care and attention\u2014both medical and emotional\u2014than most patients. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,61,191],"tags":[134,301,32,22],"class_list":["post-8107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-video","category-vlog","tag-cancer","tag-research","tag-stress","tag-transcendental-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12698,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107\/revisions\/12698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}