Bob Roth, certified Transcendental Meditation teacher and CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, gives a complete introduction to the Transcendental Meditation Technique. Learn how Transcendental Meditation works, why the TM technique is so effective for stress, and how it improves brain function and more. The post How Transcendental Meditation works first appeared on TM BLOG Canada ..read more

Bob Roth, certified Transcendental Meditation teacher and CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, gives a complete introduction to the Transcendental Meditation Technique. Learn how Transcendental Meditation works, why the TM technique is so effective for stress, and how it improves brain function and more. The post How Transcendental Meditation works first appeared on TM BLOG Canada ..read more

What’s the difference between love and attachment? They come from very different places and serve different goals. Love, in its most mature form, is giving and caring for others, supporting growth and progress Tony Nader, PhD, says. Meanwhile, attachment is self-centred and transactional in its nature. There are different forms of love and attachment. Dr. Nader shares the example of both love and attachment, and the role they play throughout the stages of life. Love is selfless. Parental love for the child is the love of unconditional giving. This gives the children their basic needs, ensures ..read more

The holiday season is coming soon, and that can mean big changes to your daily routine. Got family visiting from out of town? Traveling for a winter escape? Cozying up at home for the perfect staycation? Whatever you’ve got planned for the holidays, we’ve got you covered with tips to keep you on track with your meditation habit. And while these suggestions are designed with Transcendental Meditation in mind (which you practice for 20 minutes twice a day), they’ll work for just about any meditation practice. 1. Don’t let down-time substitute for your meditation practice Remember that a mid-day ..read more

Have you noticed your relationships improve since you started practicing Transcendental Meditation? Sometimes we notice it most with our partners or closest friends, other times it’s in those brief interactions with people we don’t know that well. Whatever the particulars may be, the outcome stays consistent: practicing Transcendental Meditation improves our relationships. But how does a deeply personal activity often practiced alone translate to healthier relationships? Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation, puts it simply, “The key to relationships is to take care o ..read more

Know someone who has or is interested in starting a meditation practice this Holiday Season? Here is a list of 5 great gift ideas that will help your loved ones on their journey to health, wellness, and peace. 1. Books All of us have books that have a significant impact on our lives. There are many great books out there on Transcendental Meditation, and some of our favourites include: Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on how TM relates to Happiness. Transcendence: Healing and transformation through Transcendental Meditation by Dr. Norm ..read more

We sat down with TM Practitioner Joey Cosentino for a conversation about his TM journey and his passion — music. How long have you been practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique, and what inspired you to learn? I learned the technique about seven years ago when I was in high school, at the age of 16. I heard about it from my uncle and a lot of my other family members who practice TM. What drove me to it was, at the time I had a lot of anxiety, and I was a huge scatterbrain — still am a bit, but it was maybe worse back then. I needed something to help with this and my mind just went to ..read more

“Life is bliss.” Let’s explore this beautiful expression of Maharishi in the context of what life is and the purpose of life for us, as an individual and collectively for our entire cosmos. What is life? Life, in its most essential nature, is Being. Being, or pure consciousness, is the primordial existence of everything that is real. It is simultaneously absolute and relative, unmanifest and manifest —and every possible shade of these two spectrums. Like the sap of a tree, Being is both the hidden force that nourishes life and the manifest expression of life: our body and individual physi ..read more

Imagine, it’s a beautiful sunny day and you are out for a boat ride with some friends. Suddenly, the wind picks up and big waves start tossing the little boat around. It could feel like the entire ocean is in upheaval. But, if you put some scuba diving gear on to dive into the ocean, beyond the choppy waves, you would find that at the bottom of the ocean it is calm and settled.     Our mind is like the ocean — it can appear rough on the surface, but deep below it always remains calm. We all know the busy, active part of our mind: I’ve got to do this; I’ve got to get going, I’ve to sl ..read more

“A thought starts from the deepest level of consciousness, travels through the whole depth of the ocean of mind, and finally appears as a conscious thought on the surface. Thus we find that every thought stirs the whole range of the depth of consciousness, but that it is consciously appreciated only when it has come to the conscious level; the rest of its many stages of development are not appreciated. That is why, for all practical purposes, we say that the deeper levels of the ocean of consciousness are as though silent.” – Maharishi Take a moment and see what kind of thoughts you had in the ..read more