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Why choose Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation?
Maharishi Foundation
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the UK for complete courses of Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi®
Take advantage of our low
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and comprehensive follow-up programme that ensures maximum benefits for life


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Unique – no concentration, no mind-control, no belief system
Verified – hundreds of scientific studies in leading journals
Wide-ranging benefits e.g. reduced anxiety, better sleep, happiness, creativity, more energy, relief from stress, improved relationships, reduced addictive behaviour, lowering of high blood pressure, and healthier ageing. See our pages on Women's Health and Wellbeing and Transcendental Meditation for Children and Teenagers.
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More NewsLatest News 20 July, 2010

Newly published brain research shows that types of meditation "differ in both their ingredients and their effects, just as medicines do".

EEG-4 types of meditation

 

A new paper published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition discusses three categories of meditation, each characterised by different brain wave (EEG) frequencies:

1. Focused attention - concentrating on an object or emotion

2. Open monitoring - being mindful of one’s breath or thoughts

3. Automatic self-transcending - meditations that transcend their own activity

"Lumping them [different types of meditation] all together as 'essentailly the same' is simply a mistake," says co-author Jonathan Shear PhD. "When researching physiological patterns and clinical outcomes of meditation practices ... if they are averaged together, then the resulting phenomenological, physiological, and clinical profiles cannot be meaningfully interpreted," explains lead author Fred Travis PhD. Read more ...

Extensive scientific research has long established that the self-transcending process of Transcendental Meditation is associated with a wide range of beneficial physiological, psychological, and behavioural effects. Rather than being a cognitive activity or mental exercise, it is a natural process whereby the inner intelligence of mind and nervous system is allowed to flourish, leading effortlessly and effectively to elimination of stress, continuing growth and development, and balancing of physiological systems.

See also AskTheDoctors.com and click "Will other forms of meditation give you the same results?".


Ask the doctors
“Maharishi Vedic Institute, professional regulatory body
Transcendental Meditation™, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi® is available in the UK only from Maharishi Foundation®, registered educational charity number 270157 (in Northern Ireland charity number X0610/9, an affiliate of Maharishi Foundation). Please note that no other organisation in the UK offers courses in Transcendental Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.