Kevin Blair

The FBI Looks Into Transcendental Meditation

here was a straw man in the Wizard of Oz who felt his life would be richer and more complete if he “only had a brain". He wandered down an unknown road with a farm girl and her dog in search of a solution. Could it be that the Transcendental Meditation® (... Read >

Government leaders in England use TM technique to reduce stress, feel calmer, sleep better

Acute stress and deep fatigue are common features in the lives of government leaders everywhere. These factors take a negative toll, impacting health and the quality of leadership. William Hague, the current Foreign Secretary in a Conservative-Liberal ... Read >

TM & the effect of “ahimsa” in the Yoga Sutra

In the Yoga Sutras, the first of the eight limbs of yoga is called “yama". Yama has five aspects, beginning with ahimsa, which means “non-injury" or “non-violence". Mahatma Gandhi made ahimsa famous when he mobilized all of India to free itself from Brit... Read >

Giving your mind some healthy “downtime”

Recently, much has been written about our new “plugged-in" society. A recent feature story in the New York Times highlighted the potential dangers to healthy brain functioning that can result from the incessant use of our modern digital communication devi... Read >

The yoga sutra and deep meditation

While yoga is generally understood in America to be a diverse array of bending and stretching exercises that originated in India, the word yoga has a much wider connotation, and includes sitting with the eyes closed in silent, deep meditation. In India, ... Read >

How Meditation Techniques Compare -- Zen, Mindfulness, Transcendental Meditation and more

by Jeanne Ball Meditation shopping? Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Yet millions of Americans are seeking tools to turn within. As a nation we've tried to fix our problems with everything from psychotherapy and Prozac to positive thinking and politics.... Read >

New studies show reduced depression with Transcendental Meditation

Two new studies have found that the Transcendental Meditation technique is an effective approach to reducing the symptoms of depression. The studies were presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in Seattle, Washington. ... Read >

Meditating veterans experience reduced PTSD symptoms

Like so many others his age, David George enlisted in the U.S. Army with a desire to serve his country. "It's what I always wanted to do, so I went down to the recruiter and signed up." After serving in Iraq, David returned home suffering from post-tra... Read >

Samadhi is the beginning, not the end of Yoga

This article is for yoga peopleâ€"for the throngs who have re-discovered this ancient yet very sophisticated approach to exercise. Tens of millions have taken up yoga because it's gentler and kinder to the body, yet fun and challenging, and effective in p... Read >

Supermodel Ali Stephens: modeling and meditation

Millions have seen her but few know her name. This is the ironic reality of the gifted, young, fashion supermodel Ali Stephens, who uses the Transcendental Meditation technique as a tool for success. In three short years, Stephens has gone from open cal... Read >

Moby is Cool

In case anyone out there is not aware, Moby is cool (at least in my 30-something language!). He makes good music, makes people laugh, practices meditation, and lends his time and talents to good causes. It was a couple years back that Moby first entere... Read >

FREEDOM BEHIND BARS: Transforming lives of inmates and guards

There are few experiences in life comparable to standing in front of a corrections officer at a maximum security prison with miles of barbed wire and massive walls and thick steel gates and then signing your name to an agreement, which states, basically, ... Read >

How I Learned Transcendental Meditation by Keith DeBoer

It was the year of the Partridge Family, eight cent postage stamps and blue jeans with bell bottoms. That was 1971 and I was an under achieving senior in a middle American High School when I saw a funny looking poster on the way to my American History cla... Read >

The Mantras of the Transcendental Meditation Technique

The Mantras of the Transcendental Meditation Technique These days we hear a lot of talk about the mantras used for meditation. Some people say a random word is best, others recommend the universal sound Aum or Om. But what about the mantras used in the T... Read >

Transcendental Meditation: Where Does the Money Go?

When we hire an event planner and a disc jockey for our daughters sweet sixteen birthday party we don't usually care about where our hard earned cash ends up. However, when we're contemplating a course in meditation, we'll somehow it seems a little differ... Read >