Transcendental Meditation – South Africa

When most people think of enlightenment they think of “the enlightenment philosophy” or something that a rare few individuals have experienced by dedicating their life in a very renounced way. In order to proceed with this web page it would be wise to consider what enlightenment even is. What is enlightenment? Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was [...]

A powerful new 5-minute video from the David Lynch Foundation, based in the USA, documents the work of the Foundation in bringing Transcendental Meditation to the disadvantaged and stressed populations of the world. There are moving testimonies from prisoners, soldiers, homeless men, native American Indians (an amazing 70% of this population suffers from diabetes), abused [...]

In this 4-minute section of a fascinating in-depth interview, Oprah Winfrey describes to Dr Mehmet Oz, medical doctor and TV talk-show host, how she “……brought Transcendental Meditation teachers into Harpo Studios to teach me and my team how to meditate. So we started meditating. Seven of us led to 70, led to 270, led to [...]

The most important new book on Transcendental Meditation for decades is coming to South Africa early next year, but can already be ordered from the USA. Its title is Transcendence: Healing and Transformation through Transcendental Meditation.  The author is Dr Norman Rosenthal, a world-renowned psychiatrist who was the first to identify and treat Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. [...]

Transcendental Meditation is featured in some short interviews on four English-language radio stations in South Africa, on Point of View, hosted by well-known TV personality Randall Abrahams (see picture). The interview is divided into 3-minute sections interspersed with music, and covers topics such as: benefits of TM, scientific research on heart health, simplicity of TM, stress [...]

Transcendental Meditation is an effective technique to relieve stress and burnout, as shown by hundreds of research studies. Stress and burnout were recently highlighted as the most pressing health issues of the 21st century, during presentations to heads of state at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More than 600 scientific research studies show Transcendental [...]

Clint Eastwood and film-maker David Lynch, along with a panel of researchers, veterans and active duty soldiers, on 13 December will launch “Operation Warrior Wellness”—a national initiative to teach 10,000 veterans and their families a simple meditation practice for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The launch on Monday, December 13, will highlight a [...]