The TM technique is not contemplation, focusing on your breath or trying to be mindful—it's a completely different process with far-reaching benefits: During TM practice, you effortlessly transcend thought to experience restful alertness or pure consciousness—the source of thought—revitalizing mind, body and spirit.

Free Introductory Talk About     Next TM Classes Begin: Sat, March 31

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Norman Rosenthal: Transcendence — Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation

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yesTranscendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation

Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal’s new book Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation is garnering superlative reviews from diverse quarters. Filmmaker David Lynch calls it, “The best ever book on

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Transcendental Meditation, Mindfulness, and Vipassana

Mindfulness meditation, often associated with Vipassana, is generally considered to be a practice of "open monitoring" — watching thoughts, perceptions or sensations come and go without judging or holding on, practiced to gain insight and equanimity.

However, there are various forms of mindfulness meditation and Vipassana, practiced in different ways. Some practices referred to as ‘mindfulness’

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Interview with Dr. Norman Rosenthal

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Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D.

(Note: Renowned author and psychiatrist Norman E. Rosenthal is a 20-year senior researcher at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School. He is respected worldwide for pioneering the research and

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WELCOME to the Transcendental Meditation program of Asheville. The TM technique has been offered in WNC since 1971. 

FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURES are held weekly. For a schedule of upcoming courses, please contact us.


Need help with TM course tuition? Ask about scholarships and other options. Due to the non-profit structure, anyone who wants can learn.  

Next Introductory Lecture: Sunday,

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More on the AHRQ report and health research on meditation

The most comprehensive of the "no benefits" reviews is the AHRQ paper (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality). Experts in meditation research note that the review is methodologically flawed, laden with errors and grossly amiss in its conclusions.

Faulty research design: Scientists who conduct research on exercise, meditation or other behavioral health modalities have developed

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Award winning painter describes her experience of Transcendental Meditation

Mindy Weisel describes her experience of learning how to meditate with Transcendental Meditation.
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Aren’t all forms of meditation 'transcendental?'

If by transcendental one means a practice that systematically takes attention beyond the surface, active levels of the mind to finer and deeper levels until the faintest impulse of thought is left behind and what remains is pure awareness—the state of restful alertness—then no, all forms of meditation are not designed or intended for this specific meditative process.

The variety of meditation

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What is the Fourth State of Consciousness?

The Fourth State of Consciousness — Experienced during the Transcendental Meditation technique
by Steven Rector, MD

"Scientists call what happens during the practice of Transcendental Meditation a fourth state of consciousness, a state of restful alertness unlike waking, sleeping or dreaming. This fourth state, called Transcendental Consciousness, has it’s own physiological style of

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I don't have to get into a guru or follow a teaching?

Absolutely not. Learning and practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique is way simpler than that. TM is a technique, not a belief system. It's sort of like learning to dive, when you just stand above the water, take the correct angle, and let go — nature (gravity) does the rest. When you learn the TM technique, you learn how to dive effortlessly into your deepest, inner Being, to

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Myth #9: Meditation can have bad side effects and make you go crazy!

The deep, coherent rest gained during TM practice has been found by medical and health researchers to have only positive benefits.

More than 20,000 TM-practicing subjects have been studied by scientists over the past 40 years, and no legitimate peer-reviewed studies on the TM technique have ever found the practice to be unpleasant or harmful in any way — all such studies show positive

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What about studies that critics claim show harmful effects from meditation?

A couple of anti-meditation websites present a handful of research studies that purport to show harmful effects from practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique — along with a few studies said to show that the program produces no significant benefit. However, these few papers all pertained to uncontrolled studies with so few subjects that the findings were statistically insignificant — and

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Myth #3: Simple relaxation will give the same benefits as TM

Decades of peer-reviewed scientific research has shown that the physiological state commonly experienced during the Transcendental Meditation technique is a much deeper, more coherent state of relaxation than the rest gained during ordinary eyes-closed rest (or the so-called “relaxation response”) — with the TM technique producing significantly greater decreases in oxygen consumption,

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Myth #1: Meditation is difficult and it takes a long time to get results.

The Transcendental Meditation technique is easy to learn and practice — in fact, effortlessness is the key to its effectiveness — and most people report benefits right from the start.
The simple form of meditation known today as the TM technique had been long lost to society, even in India. The technique was revived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who established its practical benefits on the

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Video: What is Yogic Flying?

The first stage of Yogic Flying



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In almost every generation, scientists discover ideas and phenomenon that challenge preconceptions about how the world works and what is possible for human life.

In recent years, quantum physics has glimpsed the most fundamental field of nature’s functioning, the Unified Field of all the laws of nature—the level from where all natural

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What if I'm not a "joiner?"

To learn the Transcendental Meditation technique and enjoy the benefits, you're not asked to join anything or accept new beliefs or change your lifestyle — beyond your own decision to add two, 20-minute periods of TM practice to your daily routine. You're learning a simple mental technique, not enlisting in some secret society...

People who consider themselves "non-joiners" usually pride

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So once I learn, I can’t teach the TM technique to others?

So once I learn, I can’t teach the TM technique to others?

The seven-step Transcendental Meditation course gives you all the knowledge you need to meditate effectively and enjoy the benefits, but the TM course doesn’t train you in the art and science of teaching the TM technique. If you’d like to experience the joy of being a TM teacher, you’re welcome to attend a TM Teacher Training

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Where do the Transcendental Meditation mantras come from?

Some people say the TM mantras have roots in a religious tradition — is this true?

The mantras or sounds used in the Transcendental Meditation program come from a tradition of knowledge that is thousands of years old, the Vedic tradition, whose origins are buried in antiquity.

Scholars of the Vedic tradition recognize that these ancient mantras were originally used in a way that was not

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What if I meditate using a mantra that has a meaning?

Meditation practices using actual words or phrases for mantras may have a pleasing affect, allowing one to explore concepts or enjoy the feelings or ideas that the words or phrases might invoke, but such practices are not so conducive to going beyond mental activity to the more settled states of awareness. This is because they tend to keep the mind busy and engaged more on the surface — in the

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How is Transcendental Meditation different from mindfulness?

Mindfulness meditation, often associated with Vipassana, is generally considered to be a practice of "open monitoring" — watching thoughts, perceptions or sensations come and go without judging or holding on, practiced to gain insight and equanimity.

However, there are various forms of mindfulness meditation and Vipassana, practiced in different ways. Some practices referred to as ‘mindfulness’

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