Oprah’s TV show creates record interest in Transcendental Meditation

Oprah's recent TV show featuring Transcendental Meditation and the town of Fairfield, Iowa, where thousands practise the technique each day, has generated immense interest in Transcendental Meditation in the USA, where the edition of the Next Chapter  show reached an audience of several million. The US Transcendental Meditation website has reported a...

Transcendental Meditation: an Effective Antidote to Rising Stress Levels in Schools

Journal of Instructional Psychology With record high stress levels among A-level students reported by both the U K's Family Doctor Association and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, can a simple stress-reducing meditation technique be a viable solution? A new study published in the Journal of Instructional Psychology found the Transcendental...

Evening Standard: Transcendental Meditation Free School in London

“Children as young as four will be taught Transcendental Meditation twice a day at a new free school in London,” reported the Evening Standard on 14 November. “Followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who taught the technique to The Beatles, want to open the school in Hampton for pupils aged four to eighteen. Every morning and afternoon, pupils will meditate at their desks with...

Academic Achievement and Transcendental Meditation

Research study shows significantly improved standards in Inner-City Schools after three months. Transcendental Meditation improved academic achievement amongst low-performing at-risk students by over 40 percent and significantly improved classroom behaviour, according to a large study newly published online in the journal Education .   The research was...

Acclaimed Lancashire School Wins Free School Status

A flurry of media interest greeted the new term at the Maharishi Free School in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, with radio, television & print coverage of Britain’s only school to offer Consciousness Based Education, now state funded for the first time. Head Teacher Derek Cassells was interviewed last weekend on Real Radio, Radio Lancashire, Radio 4, Granada Television , and...

Social cohesion requires brain cohesion

As doom turned to broom on our screens recently, every news source was filled with analyses of the riots in some of Britain’s major cities: Why had they happened? What is wrong with our society? How can they be prevented from happening again? And to accompany images of youngsters making off with bottles of wine, flat-screen televisions, computers and mobile phoness, social commentators...

Transcendental Meditation Improves Brain Function in Children with ADHD

Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry , UK A new study published this week in Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry found significantly improved general brain functioning and decreased symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, in school children practising Transcendental Meditation. The randomly assigned controlled study was conducted over a...

Transforming the lives of Colombia's street children

The dynamism, love and immense enthusiasm, that radiates from Father Gabriel Mejia makes one realise how he has been so successful in helping the abandoned street children in Colombia. Over the last 25 years his Centres ( Fundacion Hogares Claret ) have helped tens of thousands of children find a way to live healthy, happy and purposeful lives. From small beginnings the project has...

Can meditation significantly improve academic standards in schools?

New research shows that the Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach in improving academic achievement amongst low-performing students by as much as 40 per cent. The study published in the journal Education was conducted with 189 high school students, aged 12 to 14, who were below proficiency level in English and Maths. Those...

Australian study on ADHD drug safety prompts alternative approach

An important new study into ADHD by the government of Western Australia has found that “long-term use of drugs such as Ritalin and dexamphetamine may not improve a child’s social and emotional well-being or academic performance.” The findings published in February 2010 have renewed calls for alternative approaches to be used in the treatment of ADHD. The study, which was...

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