transcendental meditation

transcendental meditation

A practice derived from Hindu traditions, in which a practitioner repeats a mantra to achieve a state of relaxation and mental calm. I've felt much less anxious ever since I started practicing transcendental meditation.
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References in periodicals archive
This study was funded by the David Lynch Foundation, 1440 Foundation, and the Rudney Family.[R] Transcendental Meditation and TM are service marks registered in the US patent and trademark office, licensed to Maharishi Foundation and used under sublicense.
EFFECT OF MEDITATION ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Worksite Stress Reduction Through the Transcendental Meditation Program.
The effects of Muslim praying meditation and transcendental meditation programs on mindfulness among the University of Nizwa students
Roth has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for 40 years, and author of the definitive book on the technique, entitled, fittingly, "Transcendental Meditation," published in 21 countries.
The David Lynch Foundation brings meditation to a troubled world
Students were taught the Transcendental Meditation technique in a standard seven-step course and then practiced twice a day at school for 10-15 minutes as part of their daily Quiet Time program.
Reduced psychological distress in racial and ethnic minority students practicing the Transcendental Meditation program
What: The famed director (`Elephant Man," "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks," "Mulholland Dr.') talks about his foundation to promote Transcendental Meditation in schools
Movie director takes cues from Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental meditation (TM), a process by which "the mind is allowed to settle down to a state of least mental activity," has been shown to decrease sympathetic nervous system tone, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activation, and cortisol levels, which are associated with reductions in blood pressure.
Meditation benefits black teens with high-normal BP
The essential message of Transcendental Meditation in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention is threefold.
Transcendental Meditation in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention
A first major school study shows Transcendental Meditation helps lower blood pressure.
Meditation lowers blood pressure
CHICAGO -- The regular practice of transcendental meditation leads to enduring neuropsychological changes that are evident in brain-wave patterns, Frederick Travis, Ph.D., reported during a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
Transcendental meditation may alter EEG coherence
Kidd tells of speaking to groups everywhere about environmental activism as well as promoting his interests of transcendental meditation and vegetarianism.
One man's quest
It was Harrison who introduced his bandmates-- and their fans--to Hinduism, transcendental meditation, and other exotic elements that helped define the '60s as a liberatory period.
My sweet bore: explaining a former beatle's artistic slide
One way to reach this transformation point is the Transcendental Meditation Technique, taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Ocean of consciousness: can knowledge based in East India reduce the stresses of modern American life? Tom McKinley Ball deepens our awareness of Transcendental Meditation
The Transcendental Meditation technique is a mental technique that does not involve concentration or control of the mind.
Three randomized experiments on the longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on cognition(#)
The transcendental meditation (TM) study conducted by a group of researchers from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, Fairfield, Iowa, included 138 black patients with high-normal hypertension from Los Angeles randomized to undergo training in TM and then perform the technique twice a day for 20 minutes.
Meditation Cuts Atherosclerosis
Reporting in the prestigious journal, Stroke, researchers randomly assigned 138 adult, hypertensive volunteers to either a Transcendental Meditation group or a health education group.
Meditation reduces atherosclerosis