Course Requirements
When you decide to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique, you’ll make a time commitment and pay a one-time course fee. In return, you will receive the most effective and scientifically validated program for personal development available in the world today.
“I returned from active military service facing common post combat stress. I learned TM and immediately felt major benefits in mind and body. TM keeps me charged with energy and on the razor's edge of my mind.”
—David Kidd,
Author and Environmentalist
Time Commitment
The four-day course of instruction is always offered on four consecutive days, and each class lasts about two hours. It’s also important that you put aside 20 minutes twice a day to practice the Transcendental Meditation technique. Regular meditation is the foundation for all the benefits you’ll receive.
Course Fee
The Transcendental Meditation program is authentic and time-tested. It has been maintained in its purity for thousands of years, guaranteeing its effectiveness today. In the United States, the course fee to learn the technique is $2000. In addition, there are scholarships for full-time students, special rates for family members starting together and group rates for businesses. This one-time payment provides you with the knowledge and skills to meditate successfully for the rest of your life.
As an additional benefit, you’ll receive a lifetime follow-up program, which includes free Advanced Lectures and Personal Checking of your meditation by a qualified teacher.
Since your experience deepens through the years and the benefits are cumulative, the Transcendental Meditation technique actually becomes more valuable the longer you meditate.
As an investment in your own health, happiness, and success in life, the cost of learning can be repaid to you many times over in reduced health care costs, lower insurance rates, and greater earning power.
Is Financial Aid Available for
Learning the Transcendental Meditation Program?
Yes. Learning the Transcendental Meditation program is now even easier. Most Transcendental Meditation course participants are eligible for long-term, low-interest loans that fully cover the tuition of $2,000. The Transcendental Meditation program is a credit-bearing, non-degree course jointly offered by Maharishi University of Management, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and authorized Maharishi Enlightenment Centers and Maharishi Peace Palaces throughout the USA. The program does not require that an applicant be enrolled in college. The payment rate can be paid over a period as long as 10–15 years, with payments from $30–$50 per month. If you or someone you know is interested in learning the Transcendental Meditation program, and would like to take advantage of this financial aid opportunity, for ages 5–16 please click here for more information. For 18+ click here for more information.
What Meditators Say
“I am comfortable and secure within myself, no matter what is happening around me, and because of that my effectiveness has multiplied many times. There is no amount of money for which I would give up all I have gained from this remarkably simple practice. It is a priceless treasure.”
—Jonathon D. Levy, Assistant Dean,
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
I can honestly say TM is the greatest investment I could have ever made in myself. In my daily life and work I have experienced endless intellectual growth, inner development, clarity of mind, and expanded consciousness. Every day is an amazing journey. Learn TM and start living and appreciating life as it was meant to be!
—Valerie Gottfried, art teacher, advertising artist
I’ve been practicing TM since I was 16—over 30 years. From the moment I first learned, I knew it was something I would do for my entire life. We forget that to enjoy life to its fullest, we must radiate happiness from within, regardless of outer circumstances. TM turns that inner light on, and it just has gotten brighter for me as the years have passed. I can’t think of anything I have done throughout my life that has been more valuable.
—Bob LoPinto, investment manager
“In 1972 I came home from nineteen months in Viet Nam with the same stressed-out body that we observe in so many combat vets. A friend took me to a lecture on the Transcendental Meditation program, and I learned immediately. Within the first three weeks of meditating, I could feel major changes happening in my mind and body. After two years, it seemed clear that the war was behind me and I could actually discuss my experiences without the usual reactive patterns of anger, fear, night sweats and nightmares.
“I was so impressed that I decided to become a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique myself. Now I help other veterans who are going through the same stress-related traumas. I feel TM has saved my life, and it’s been an essential part of my daily routine. It keeps me charged with energy and on the razor’s edge of my mind.”
—David Kidd, author and award-winning environmentalist
Veteran Benefits
The Veterans Benefits Administration has authorized payment for veterans to learn the Transcendental Meditation program when prescribed by a VA doctor for a stress-related condition. Research shows that the technique is effective in overcoming Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and related health problems. If you qualify for this benefit, ask your VA doctor to prescribe the Transcendental Meditation technique.
