Archive for the ‘Students’ Category

Combating poverty and exceeding expectations: LA school students benefit from TM

02/02/2012

According to a recent report by America’s Promise Alliance, only about half of the students served by public school systems in the nation’s largest cities receive diplomas. Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Read more

Meditating Entrepreneurs Take Over iPhone Life Magazine

01/04/2012

Three twentysomething entrepreneurs in Fairfield, Iowa, home of Maharishi University of Management, have recently purchased iPhone Life magazine Read more

TM helping people in Ireland cope with the global financial crisis?

12/16/2011

A Sunday feature story in The Independent, one of Ireland’s leading newspapers ran with the title, “The answer to happiness lies within us.” Irish newspaper suggests it might. Columnist Barry Egan writes that as times gets tougher, “many people are searching for a more meaningful existence Read more

New Research Finds TM Helps Ease School Stress

12/05/2011

Student stress continues to rise in high schools and on college campuses. A recent UCLA survey of entering college freshman reported a decline in good or above-average high school emotional health levels due to stress, the lowest level within the past 25 years. Read More

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New Study Finds TM Boosts Brain Functioning and Helps Students with ADHD

08/27/2011

A random-assignment controlled study published this month in Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry found improved brain functioning and decreased symptoms of ADHD. Read more

Can meditation ease ‘back-to-school blues’?

08/23/2011

Fall can be a stressful time for students, according to clinical psychologist and author Robert Puff, Ph.D., who writes for Psychology Today. He points out that with young people returning to school, parents need to be mindful of their children’s mental and physical health—and for that, a growing body of scientific… Read more

New research finds that college students reduce stress, anxiety, and “perfectionistic thinking” through TM

07/05/2011

The simple, easily-learned Transcendental Meditation technique reduced stress levels, trait anxiety, depression, and “perfectionistic thinking” among 43 college students participating in a two-semester study at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, which was published in the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. Read more

Arizona art school finds TM helps students be more creative

02/02/2011

More than 350 schools all over the world have begun to incorporate the Quiet Time / Transcendental Meditation program as part of their curriculum during the past five years—thanks to the work of the David Lynch Foundation. See video post

College freshmen at 25-year low in emotional health, study says

01/18/2011

Students rating their emotional health revealed the lowest levels since the question was first asked 25 years ago according to a UCLA annual survey of more than 200,000 American college freshman. See video post

Getting in the “zone”- Can Transcendental Meditation help?

01/06/2011

Whether you just love the game of football and look forward to a game of pick-up with friends on a Saturday afternoon or you are an elite athlete on a pro- or college-level team, you want fast reflexes and an even quicker mind. You want the incredible, almost magical satisfaction of playing in the “zone.” Read more

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