Better Health with Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation is undoubtedly good for your health. It makes good sense to think that the profound state of rest gained by the mind and body when practising Transcendental Meditation - deeper than sleep or hypnotic trance - will be good for your health.
Indeed, after learning, the commonest reported effects are sleeping better and improved health. But don't take our word for it: hundreds of doctors in the UK both practise TM and recommend it to their patients, and they will have carefully examined the scientific evidence.
FACTS AND FIGURES
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In Great Britain over 1000 doctors have learned TM and many recommend it to their patients. The doctors have formed a professional body, British Association for the Medical Application of Transcendental Meditation, to promote the use of TM in the UK
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After examining the impressive scientific research data on Transcendental Meditation, Holland's largest health insurance company, Silver Cross, now offers 30% reductions in health insurance premiums to people who practise TM regularly. BUPA also offers group discounts
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The first scientific research on Transcendental Meditation was published in 1970 in Scientific American. Since then, more than 600 research and review papers have been written on TM. These studies, authored by more than 360 researchers from over 200 universities and institutes in 25 countries, have appeared in more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific journals
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Much recent research has focussed on heart disease - several studies have shown the remarkable benefits of regular practise of Transcendental Meditation. See: Heart Disease and TM
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Research shows that people who practice the Transcendental Meditation technique are healthier and need less medical care - a dramatic finding which could save billions of dollars each year
"I
feel a lot clearer, calmer and less stressed - basically I feel a lot
happier. It is becoming more and more recognised by the medical world as
having benefits."I cannot recommend it highly enough. It has worked for me and I know other people who have had the same experience."
Dr. Joseph Cassidy - GP in Barrhead, Glasgow
Scientific research shows that the following illnesses may improve with regular practise of Transcendental Meditation: insomnia, anxiety, high blood pressure, angina, hardening of the arteries, abuse of alcohol, cigarettes and non-prescription drugs, migraine, ulcers, asthma.
Prevention of Illness
The benefits of Transcendental Meditation for health are not limited to the cure and prevention of particular medical conditions. By dissolving stress and tension TM enables you to unfold your full potential, enriching all aspects of your life. With regular practice TM helps to develop a state of perfect health:
- Better sleep
- More rewarding relationships
- Greater harmony in marriage
- Reduced abuse of alcohol and other drugs
- Increased intelligence and creativity
- Increased energy
- Reversal of the damaging effects of ageing
"After
having Breast Cancer earlier this year I decided that now was the time
to make changes to my lifestyle. I altered my diet and, perhaps most
importantly, I learned Transcendental Meditation. Since practising TM I
am astonished at the benefits I feel. Gone are the days of dashing about
and achieving very little. By taking my time (even walking slower helps)
I appreciate so much more around me. The wonders of nature have always
been there - I just didn't take time to notice.There is no doubt that I am a more tolerant person now - although I always tried to practice tolerance. I am able to listen and am regularly surprised at the clarity of my mind, often solving problems so simply that before appeared insurmountable.
Friends I have met recently all remark on how well I look and I know how calm I feel. It surely cannot be a coincidence!"
Moira Wilson, Torrance
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