Transcendental Meditation Technique – Official Website (original) (raw)

A personalised journey to inner peace, clarity, & wellness

TM* is an effortless meditation practice that’s taught one-to-one, evidence-based, and completely natural.

Evidence-based benefits

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  Reduce stress & anxiety
  Find increased resilience to stress and the ability to handle challenging situations calmly. Research has shown the TM technique is also effective for PTSD and ADHD.
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  Increase mental clarity & creativity
  Through improved brain function, you’ll gain a broader perspective and enjoy more focus and creativity to make progress towards your goals.
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  Get better sleep & health
  Enjoy a deep rest that enlivens the body’s natural healing response, improving heart health, immunity, sleep quality, and stress-related conditions.

“What is transcending?”

watch the video by Dr Tony Nader, global leader of TM organisations

Why the TM technique is different

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  Personalised one-to-one instruction
  Personally connect with a certified TM teacher and receive expert support during your whole journey.
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  Practise with no effort
  Everyone can do the TM technique, even if you “can’t meditate.” There is no concentrating, no control of the mind, and no trying to “empty the mind”.
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  TM works for everyone
  Join millions of people from all walks of life who have experienced the scientifically verified benefits of TM in their own lives.

Attend a _free_info session

Attend a group info session (in person or online) to learn more about TM from a certified TM teacher, including why it’s unique, how it works, and what makes it so effective. Duration: up to 1 hour

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How to learn

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  Visit a TM Centre for 1.5 hrs on 4 consecutive days for personalised one-to-one instruction & small group follow-up sessions.
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  Visit a TM Centre once for personalised one-to-one instruction, then complete the following sessions remotely.

Common questions

As a registered educational charity, we’re committed to making the TM technique and its benefits accessible to as many people as possible. To honour this mission, the TM course fee is income-based and can be paid in four instalments.

Imagine trying to learn a musical instrument or sport. You know how valuable it is for a good teacher to show you the proper technique. Similarly, individualised instruction by certified TM teachers ensures a personal and intuitive learning experience, allowing students to learn the technique with ease and precision, and to establish a lasting TM practice. There is no other way to learn the authentic TM technique — and there is no evidence that anything else provides the full range of benefits documented in the published research on TM.

The TM technique allows your mind to naturally transcend, or easily settle inwards, to quieter and quieter levels of thought, until you experience the most silent and peaceful level of your own awareness.

No problem at all. Unlike other forms of meditation, the TM technique involves no concentration, no control of the mind, no contemplation, no monitoring of thoughts. It is completely effortless.

The TM technique's effectiveness is the same whether you believe it will work or are completely sceptical. That's because it automatically and effortlessly allows your active thinking mind to settle down to a state of deep inner calm.

In mindfulness meditation you monitor your thoughts, feelings, breathing, and bodily sensations, without judging them. This keeps your mind engaged on the active level of thinking, as do many other forms of meditation. What we don’t often realise is that, beneath the active surface, the mind already has a deep level of calm, like the settled depth of the ocean beneath the waves. The Transcendental Meditation technique facilitates transcending – effortlessly opening our awareness to this deeper, peaceful level of the mind.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose life's work was to revive and demystify the timeless knowledge of meditation, and verify its effectiveness through the lens of modern science, began teaching Transcendental Meditation in the 1950s. After refining and systematising the teaching of TM, Maharishi began a movement to make the technique available worldwide. He oversaw the training of thousands of teachers and established a non-profit foundation to preserve the authenticity of the TM technique for generations to come.

Book a free info session

Find your local TM Centre to learn more about the TM course. Free info sessions are regularly taking place in person and online.