What is Transcendental Meditation?
So what is Transcendental Meditation? Transcendental Meditation or TM as it is often called is a type of mantra meditation. Transcendental Meditation isn't a religion; it is not based on any kind of religious teaching. It does not require any set of beliefs; neither does anyone have to give up their religious beliefs in order to practice it. On the contrary, transcendental meditation learners are encouraged to adopt symbols that have depth and significance to them. Let me give you a few examples, an agnostic might decide to use some kind of image from nature, like a sunset or a lake. A rabbi might use a image or symbol entrenched in Judaism to add to the usefulness of the session. Transcendental meditation is flexible. Transcendental Meditation was introduced worldwide by Maharishi Mahesh Yogii in 1957. A number of famous people, such as the Clint Eastwood (one of my favorite actors), Andy Kaufman and Deepak Chopra have used the TM technique. TM is the only meditation method that has over five hundred independent scientific studies shore up its claims. The studies were done at over two hundred independent universities as well as research institutes in thirty three countries regarding different benefits of TN technique; the results were published in over one hundred respected scientific journals. A meta-analysis in 1989 that was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology compared one hundred and forty six independent studies on the effect that different relaxation and meditation techniques in lowering trait anxiety. TM was found to make a larger difference than other types of relaxation and meditation in reducing trait anxiety. A study that was published in the Japanese Journal of Industrial Health in 1990, done at Sumitomo Heavy Industries by the Japanese Ministry of Labour , researched Transcendental Meditation as well as its effect on industrial workers and mental health. In this study four hundred and forty employees learned TM. Three hundred twenty one workers served as controls. After five months, the researchers found considerable reductions in anxiety, impulsiveness, major physical complaints and emotional instability in the meditators in comparison to the controls. These meditators also had considerable decreases in depression, digestive problems, and tendencies towards smoking, insomnia and psychosomatic disease. Return from What is Transcendental Meditation to natural healing home Return from What is Transcendental Meditation to benefits of meditation
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