Non-Profit Organization

Our mission is to help people around the world to find inner peace and lead happier, healthier lives.

Maharishi Foundation

The Maharishi Foundation was founded in 1959 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Established to promote the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique and maintain the authenticity of the teaching, it has since grown to become a global organization with branches in over 100 countries.

About the foundation

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Non-profit
The TM technique is taught in the U.S. by Maharishi Foundation USA, a federally recognized non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization.
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No owners or shareholders
As a non-profit, 100% of the TM course fee supports our educational and charitable initiatives. There are no profit distributions of any kind.
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Independent audit
The organization’s finances are audited annually by an independent CPA firm.

Dr. Tony Nader

Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D. is a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in neuroscience), and a globally recognized Vedic scholar. As Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s successor, Dr. Nader is head of the international Transcendental Meditation organizations.

Dr. Nader guides the Transcendental Meditation program and its advanced practices, and the practical applications of this technology in all areas of life – education, health, business, defense, agriculture, and more.

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Our work with firefighters

watch the video with the New York City Fire Department, in partnership with the David Lynch Foundation.

Our work with first responders

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Our work with medical professionals

watch the video with healthcare workers from the Heal the Healers Now initiative, in partnership with the David Lynch Foundation.

Our initiatives for world peace

watch the video with Dr. Tony Nader as he explains how large groups of meditators coming together for their TM practice promotes world peace. A recent example is the 10,000 Assembly for World Peace held in India.

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Research on the effect of the TM technique on society

Recent publications

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Societal violence and collective consciousness: reduction of US homicide and urban violent crime rates

Dillbeck MC, Cavanaugh KL

SAGE Open 2016 6(2):1-16. doi:10.1177 /2158244016637891

Transcending as a driver of development

Travis F

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2016 1373(1):72-77. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13071

The effect of coherent collective consciousness on national quality of life and economic performance indicators-an analysis of the IMD index of national competitive advantage

Hatchard GD, Cavanagh KL

Journal of Health and Environmental Research 2017 3(3-1), 16-31. doi:10.11648/j.jher.s.2017030301.12

Long-term meditation practice in Puno, Perú: a five-level exploratory model of theory and research

Fergusson L, Ortiz Cabrejos J, Bonshek A

International Journal of Indian Psychology 2020 8(3). doi: 10.25215/0803.086

Socio-political violence in Cambodia between 1990 and 2008: an explanatory mixed methods study of social coherence

Fergusson LC, Cavanaugh KL

Studies in Asian Social Science 2019 6(2):1-45. doi:10.5430/sass.v6n2p1

“ I have been ‘diving within’ through the TM technique for over 30 years.   It has changed my life.”

David Lynch

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