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Richard K’s Feedback on our weekend retreat
Dear Lesley and Michael I want you to know that I found the course enormously beneficial – more even than I had expected. I feel far calmer now than I would this length of time after a normal holiday – … Continue reading →
Aiden Kelly’s Feedback On Our One Day TM Retreat
Michael, Thank you so very much for the day retreat last Sunday it was very good, I was actually so alert and alive on Monday I think I astonished some people ( it’s probably not my usual Monday demeanour). If … Continue reading →
My Journey with Transcendental Meditation by Lauren Vaknine– Part 5: Attending a Meditators’ Meeting
I’m such a morning person. Perhaps that’s the reason I find it so easy to wake up and meditate straight away without falling back to sleep. Once I’m up, I’m up! This bodes well for me for my morning meditation … Continue reading →
My Journey with Transcendental Meditation – Part 3 – by Lauren Vaknine
As I pointed out in my first blog, I have been practicing meditation in one form or another for around twelve years now. Although I never felt like I’d found ‘the one’ in terms of my choice of meditation technique, … Continue reading →
My Journey with Transcendental Meditation – Part 2 – by Lauren Vaknine
Last week I touched on the profound experience I had very early on into my journey with TM and I promised that I would elaborate a bit so here we go! When I was seventeen I was sexually abused. My … Continue reading →
Di Churchill’s Experience Of Learning Transcendental Meditation
Di’s feedback after her TM course was as follows: Hello Lesley & Michael, Here is my feedback from my course. 1. The location was fine for me as I drive and the parking was easy. 2. I … Continue reading →
My journey to learning Transcendental Meditation by Lauren Vaknine
I first came across the idea of meditation as a lifestyle twelve years ago, when I was eighteen and wheelchair-bound. I’d had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since the age of two. My amazingly spiritual parents had taken me first to healers, … Continue reading →
Some interesting articles on TM in the press
Dear All There have been some very interesting articles in the press lately. I am enclosing links to them below: The Totally Stressed-Out Man’s Guide to Meditation http://www.gq.com/life/health/201309/gq-transcendental-meditation-guide and Financial Times, 6:00pm Monday September 16th, 2013, Zen and the art … Continue reading →
Laura Dubiner says about learning TM
Being from Stanmore the course location was ideal for me. The instruction was clear and very good. Benefits from meditation are increased calmness and ability to cope with day-to-day challenges. It is a skill that you have for life. It … Continue reading →
Meditators Meetings at North West London TM Centre
Dear All, Here are the dates for the meditators’ meetings this autumn: Tuesday 17th September Tuesday 8th October Tuesday 26th November All the meetings run from 7.30 to 9.00 in the evening, and from 7.20 or thereabouts we have refreshments … Continue reading →
Exams go better with a Sixties mantra in mind – The Times June 12th 2013
Good news for kids with exams and their parents in the The Times today…..the following article was published today under the byline of William Chester: “Exams go better with a Sixties mantra in mind Transcendental Meditation can improve exam results … Continue reading →
African refugees find relief from stress; TM study published in academic journal
“Before [Transcendental Meditation] I could not even imagine myself being capable of taking care of my children, of raising them. I used to think I should die and leave them behind. That is why I am so happy about TM. … Continue reading →
American Heart Association Recommends TM
New report by American Heart Association informs doctors that Transcendental Meditation lowers blood pressure A report from the American Heart Association published on April 22 2013 concluded that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique lowers blood pressure, … Continue reading →
‘Why go on a Transcendental Meditation weekend retreat?’
Sometimes TM students ask me: ‘Why go on a TM weekend retreat?’ Here is what I say!: Because your meditation is going really well and you’d like to try having an even deeper experience and learning more about the background … Continue reading →
Diary date – w/e meditation retreat with Michael and Lesley June 7-9
Dear All Lesley and I are leading a TM weekend retreat in Suffolk on June 7-9. It’s a great opportunity to get rid of a lot of tiredness, deepen your experience of transcending in meditation, and learn more about how … Continue reading →