UK TM Blog

TM proves Cameron Diaz wrong — for good!

2015-02-25T16:46:04Z

For quite some time, Cameron Diaz had known instinctively that meditation had something to offer her. But after trying out several techniques and seeing none of them bring any lasting, positive effect, she was ready to give up. “I knew there...

Arnold Schwarzenegger says 1 year (and only 1 year) of Transcendental Meditation changed his life

2015-02-12T14:30:51Z

Arnold Schwarzenegger's career was skyrocketing to a new level in 1975. He was the greatest bodybuilder in the world and had the beginnings of a film career. Schwarzenegger had just finished shooting the film "Stay Hungry" and was participating in the documentary "Pumping Iron," which followed him through his training for Mr. Olympia, which he would win for the sixth straight time. He was also a successful California real-estate investor. ...

"TM provided an anchor in turbulent times"

2014-12-30T17:38:13Z

"myhotel" entrepreneur, Andy Thrasyvoulou, describes how Transcendental Meditation has helped him. I first heard about Transcendental Meditation back in the early 1990s. I had recently qualified as an architect, and the whole...

"Experiencing the Beyond"

2014-11-19T16:37:37Z

The words 'transcending', 'fast track' and 'fulfillment' in the title of a recent article on The Huffington Post's, The Third Metric stood out like lights in a dark room and I was curious as to what was being revealed. Sure enough, the fast track was Transcendental Meditation...

Interview: Dr. Bech on medicine and meditation

2014-07-31T15:17:01Z

Dr. Charlotte Bech is a Danish doctor who has worked in several areas of medicine, including the field of obstetrics (with a degree from the University of Copenhagen). She is...

Daily Mail Journalist Transforms Her Life and Workplace with Meditation

2014-07-31T15:10:40Z

"I wish I'd been taught this at school – it's the best life skill I've ever learned." Daily Mail feature writer Marianne Power says Transcendental Meditation has helped her to combat stress, sleep better and perform better at work. Marianne learned the TM technique last summer after a...

"I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life"

2014-07-31T15:11:08Z

Russell Brand Credits Meditation with Helping Him Cope with Divorce The Sun 20th June 2012 His divorce finalises in a couple of weeks but Russell Brand admits he’s never been...

14 Business Leaders Who Swear By Meditation

2014-07-31T15:08:43Z

Business Insider “CEOs have stressful jobs, and some have taken to intense hobbies to find solace from the daily grind", reports Jhaneel Lockhart in Business Insider magazine. "Some practise meditation - or even Transcendental Meditation, a mantra-based technique derived about 50 years...

Oprah’s TV show creates record interest in Transcendental Meditation

2014-07-31T15:04:53Z

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...

Thousands of Buddhist Monks in Asia Learn Transcendental Meditation

2014-07-31T14:57:37Z

More than 3,000 Buddhist monks in 100 monasteries throughout Southeast Asia have learned the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, as a...

WebMD: How to Improve Your Physical and Mental Health Naturally

2014-07-31T14:56:30Z

The world's leading medical website explores the considerable body of research on the health benefits of Transcendental Meditation. WebMD - the Magazine, October 2011 Marisa McGinnis is one of many individuals whose life and health have been transformed by Transcendental Meditation (TM), reports Web MD, the award-winning website for medical and health information. Two years ago, Marisa, a...

"We need not struggle for the things we want in life"

2014-07-31T14:46:31Z

Stephen Hopson is an American who was born profoundly deaf, but this has never prevented him from achieving all that he wanted in life. He practises Transcendental Meditation and has found the technique to be life changing. In his words it is "a simple reminder that we need not struggle for the things we want in life, because we have the unlimited reservoir of creative intelligence inside...

Transcendental Meditation: Were the hippies right all along?

2014-07-31T14:40:53Z

The Independent on Sunday by Laura Tennant For years, it has been ridiculed as a 1960s embarrassment. Now Transcendental...

Transforming the lives of Colombia's street children

2014-07-31T14:28:36Z

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.

Russell and Katy Brand Support Meditation Charity at Showbiz Event

2014-07-31T14:23:10Z

Russell Brand and Katy Perry joined David Lynch and a host of other Hollywood stars at a glittering benefit event in New York last night to help bring a therapeutic meditation technique to thousands of war veterans suffering from stress disorders. Earlier in the day Russell, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood helped launched the Operation Warrior Wellness project...

How Meditation Can Help Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

2014-07-31T15:54:40Z

Filmmaker David Lynch is teaming up with celebrities and war veterans to launch "Operation Warrior Wellness", a meditation-based programme to help veterans overcome stress-related disorders. At the upcoming benefit event, Change Begins Within, Lynch will be joined by Clint Eastwood, Russell Simmons, Mehmet Oz, Russell Brand, Katy Perry, Donna...

Recession-defying American Financier Reveals How his Business Has Become the World´s Most Successful in Its Field.

2014-07-31T14:15:40Z

Business Insider, 25 October 2010 The international finance world was stunned when Ray Dalio, the head of the USA´s number one hedge fund, Bridgewater, revealed in August that his company had made billions more than any other hedge fund worldwide in the previous year (returning a record 38% yield on one $50 billion dollar fund). Now Business Insider magazine has revealed that Ray Dalio attributes his success to

Russell Brand: How to Achieve Real Happiness

2014-07-31T14:14:34Z

BBC Newsnight, October 2010 In an interview with the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman, comedian Russell Brand revealed that his deepest wish is to use his fame to create something more valuable and beautiful than the "trivial things" he is known for. He spoke of the sham and emptiness of celebrity and consumerism, and how, having achieved fame and wealth, he wished...

John Hagelin: How meditation transformed my student years

2014-07-31T13:59:16Z

The renowned American quantum physicist John Hagelin has described how he first learned Transcendental Meditation after a serious road accident as a teenager, and how his first few experiences of the technique inspired his lifetime's work. He told Conscious TV, a UK digital channel, that at the age of 17 he had a very serious motorcycle accident that left him...

Freedom Behind Bars

2014-07-31T13:58:21Z

"When I meditate, I feel free, I feel calm ... I feel that nothing could touch me. It's a great feeling." - Ladarrius Tidmore, 21, prisoner, Oregon State prison, USA Freedom Behind Bars: Meditation in Prison is a short, yet powerful documentary (once loaded, see video clip top right of this page) about a successful