Stress Management and Stress Prevention

Stress management, stress reduction and stress prevention are all necessary in today's high pressure corporate environment. The effects of stress in the workplace are devastating, both physically and financially. According to the National Institutes of Health, 80-90% of all illnesses are caused by stress, either directly or indirectly. Clearly, something more than stress balls, stress tabs, morale boosters and even health clubs is needed. In this study described below, the Transcendental Meditation technique was found to be more than twice as effective at reducing stress than any other form of relaxation or stress reduction.


Reduced Stress and Anxiety

Reduced Stress with the Transcendental Meditation program - Scientific Chart

A statistical meta-analysis conducted at Stanford University of all available studies-146 independent outcomes-indicated that the effect of the Transcendental Meditation program on reducing anxiety as a character trait was much greater than that of all other meditation and relaxation techniques, including muscle relaxation. This analysis also showed that the positive Transcendental Meditation result could not be attributed to subject expectation, experimenter bias, or quality of research design.

Differential effects of relaxation techniques on trait anxiety: A meta-analysis, Journal of Clinical Psychology 45: 957­974, 1989.


Home page of the Transcendental Meditation program


News articles on the TM program and Stress and Anxiety

Stanford University Campus Report "The Best against Stress: The Transcendental Meditation Program"

Clinician's Research Digest "The Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique: A Superior Relaxation Technique for Trait Anxiety (Stress)"

Defuniak Herald "Managing Stress with Transcendental Meditation"