Transcendental Meditation*:

TM is offered by a non-profit organization dedicated to making the benefits of TM accessible to as many people as possible. To support this mission, the TM course price is income-based and can be paid in installments.

"In addition, through generous donations, we make scholarships available to caregivers, veterans and those in need of financial assistance,"click here for details.

If you are ready to learn the TM technique,find your nearest TM center.

On this map, you can find TM centers in your area and select a course at a date and time that is convenient for you.

Imagine playing a musical instrument or learning a sport. You know how valuable it is when a good teacher teaches you the right technique.

Similarly, individualized guidance from certified TM teachers provides a personal and intuitive learning experience. This allows students to learn the technique with ease and precision and build a sustainable TM practice.

There is no other way to learn the authentic TM technique-and there is no evidence that anything else provides the full range of benefits documented in the published research on TM.

The TM technique allows your mind to naturally transcend, or easily turn inward, to ever quieter levels of thought, until you experience the most silent and peaceful level of your own awareness.

Not a problem at all. Unlike other forms of meditation, the TM technique requires no concentration, no control of the mind, no contemplation and no monitoring of thoughts. It is completely effortless.

The effectiveness of the TM technique is the same regardless of whether you believe it will work or are completely skeptical. This is because it automatically and effortlessly lowers your active, thinking mind to a state of deep inner peace.

In mindfulness meditation, you observe your thoughts, feelings, breathing and bodily sensations without judgment. This keeps your mind actively involved at the level of thinking, just as in many other forms of meditation.

What we often don't realize is that beneath the active surface, the mind already has a deep level of calm, similar to the quiet depth of the ocean beneath the waves. The Transcendental Meditation technique facilitates transcendence-the effortless opening of our consciousness to this deeper, peaceful level of mind.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose life's work was to revive and demystify the timeless knowledge of meditation, as well as verify its effectiveness through the lens of modern science, began teaching Transcendental Meditation in the 1950s.

After refining and systematizing the teaching of TM, Maharishi started a movement to make the technique accessible worldwide. He trained thousands of teachers and established a nonprofit foundation to ensure the authenticity of the TM technique for future generations.