Myth #2: Meditation and relaxation practices are all the same and produce the same effects

The scientific literature on meditation shows that not all meditation practices produce the same effects. Different types of meditation practices engage the mind in different ways and employ a variety of methods for different results. 

For example, numerous independent scientific studies have found consistent distinctions between the Transcendental Meditation technique and other practices on

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But it's so hard to clear my mind of thoughts!

You don't have to clear your mind of thoughts to successfully practice the Transcendental Meditation technique. There's no mind control involved, no concentrating against thoughts or anything else. The TM technique is a different kind of practice all together. It's simple, effortless, and totally natural.
It's not just sitting and watching your thoughts, either. Nor is it a process of

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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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Myth #6: Scientific reviews show that Transcendental Meditation produces no health benefits

Scientists sometimes do a broad survey of existing research in a particular area to assess the quality of the studies and the general findings — to determine what conclusions may be drawn from that larger body of research. About a dozen such "meta-analyses" or reviews have been done involving the Transcendental Meditation technique, comparing it to other practices.

One such independent

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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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