More energy, less stress, clearer thinking Enhance your creativity with Transcendental Meditation
Attend a free info session
Attend a group info session (in person or online) to learn more about TM from a certified TM teacher, including why it’s unique, how it works, and what makes it so effective. Duration: up to 1 hour
"You don't have to believe in anything"
Sarah Bence, TM teacher
Evidence-based benefits
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Increase mental clarity & creativity
Through improved brain function, you’ll gain a broader perspective and enjoy more focus and creativity to make progress towards your goals.
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Reduce stress & anxiety
Find increased resilience to stress and the ability to handle challenging situations calmly. Research has shown the TM technique is also effective for PTSD and ADHD.
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Get better sleep & health
Enjoy a deep rest that enlivens the body’s natural healing response, improving heart health, immunity, sleep quality, and stress-related conditions.
What is TM?
TM is a simple, transformative technique that is practised for about 20 minutes twice a day whilst sitting comfortably with eyes closed. It enables the body to naturally dissolve stress, strain, and fatigue, allowing you to enjoy life more. TM is easy to learn and starts working from the very first day. To find out how you can start practising and enjoying the many benefits, scroll down to book a free info session.
What happens when you meditate?
TM allows the nervous system to access a special quality of rest different from ordinary rest and relaxation - and in some ways deeper than sleep.
It allows the brain to break out of the cycle of stress. The frontal lobes of the brain are then able to coordinate mind and emotions, and you see life in perspective once again.
Over 600 published scientific studies show the benefits of TM for a healthier mind, heart and body
Recent publications
How is TM different?
watch the video with Dr Fred Travis, comparing TM with other types of meditation
Take the first step: free info session
Attend a group introduction by a TM teacher to learn more about TM and ask any questions. Duration: up to 1 hour.
Info sessions are available by appointment
Why the TM technique is different
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Personalised one-to-one instruction
Personally connect with a certified TM teacher and receive expert support during your whole journey.
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Practise with no effort
Everyone can do the TM technique, even if you “can’t meditate.” There is no concentrating, no control of the mind, and no trying to “empty the mind”.
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TM works for everyone
Join millions of people from all walks of life who have experienced the scientifically verified benefits of TM in their own lives.
What people say about TM
How to learn
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In-person
Visit a TM Centre for 1.5 hrs on 4 consecutive days for personalised one-to-one instruction & small group follow-up sessions.
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Hybrid
Visit a TM Centre once for personalised one-to-one instruction, then complete the following sessions remotely.
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BBC
"Transcendental meditation may be one way to keep the heart healthy, say researchers who have discovered how it keeps blood pressure low."
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The Guardian
"I find it profoundly relaxing. It gives me a chance to order my thoughts ... I am much less tired than I was a month ago. My sleep is deep and unbroken."
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The Financial Times
"It's unlikely aggressive Type-A personalities will be de-fanged and turned into a Type-B, by meditating. But they might feel less tense."
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Time Magazine
"A peer-reviewed study finds that TM may have helped to alleviate symptoms of PTSD and improve quality of life in veterans of OEF/OIF with combat-related PTSD."
Common questions
As a registered educational charity, we’re committed to making the TM technique and its benefits accessible to as many people as possible. To honour this mission, the TM course fee is income-based and can be paid in four instalments.
Imagine trying to learn a musical instrument or sport. You know how valuable it is for a good teacher to show you the proper technique. Similarly, individualised instruction by certified TM teachers ensures a personal and intuitive learning experience, allowing students to learn the technique with ease and precision, and to establish a lasting TM practice. There is no other way to learn the authentic TM technique — and there is no evidence that anything else provides the full range of benefits documented in the published research on TM.
The TM technique allows your mind to naturally transcend, or easily settle inwards, to quieter and quieter levels of thought, until you experience the most silent and peaceful level of your own awareness.
No problem at all. Unlike other forms of meditation, the TM technique involves no concentration, no control of the mind, no contemplation, no monitoring of thoughts. It is completely effortless.
The TM technique's effectiveness is the same whether you believe it will work or are completely sceptical. That's because it automatically and effortlessly allows your active thinking mind to settle down to a state of deep inner calm.
In mindfulness meditation you monitor your thoughts, feelings, breathing, and bodily sensations, without judging them. This keeps your mind engaged on the active level of thinking, as do many other forms of meditation. What we don’t often realise is that, beneath the active surface, the mind already has a deep level of calm, like the settled depth of the ocean beneath the waves. The Transcendental Meditation technique facilitates transcending – effortlessly opening our awareness to this deeper, peaceful level of the mind.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose life's work was to revive and demystify the timeless knowledge of meditation, and verify its effectiveness through the lens of modern science, began teaching Transcendental Meditation in the 1950s. After refining and systematising the teaching of TM, Maharishi began a movement to make the technique available worldwide. He oversaw the training of thousands of teachers and established a non-profit foundation to preserve the authenticity of the TM technique for generations to come.