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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Is TM the only way to transcend?

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No, but surely it's the easiest and most reliable. Scientific studies show that

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Three categories of meditation techniques

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The fourth state of consciousness

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The existence of a major fourth state of consciousness was proposed in the

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Transcendental Meditation: Instruction

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the TM program, spent over 50 years

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Alternatives to Transcendental Meditation

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How does the Transcendental Meditation technique differ from lower-cost

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Holosync “binaural beat” meditation CDs

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The Transcendental Meditation technique and contemplation/contemplative meditation

Contemplation practices typically use either controlled focus or open monitoring, depending on whether one is focusing deeply on a particular idea or meaning (controlled focus) or employing “free association” (a form of open monitoring).

Contemplative practices tend to keep the mind active and involved in the realm of thinking, meaning and ideas. This can be valuable for gaining insight during

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The Transcendental Meditation technique and guided meditation

In guided meditation — also called guided visualization, guided imagery, or guided relaxation — a speaker offers instruction or suggestion aimed at guiding the listener into a meditative state (such practices can also be self-guided). Depending on the particular type of practice, these approaches can employ either controlled focus or open monitoring.
This approach to meditation can create

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But TM is so simple — can it take you to higher states of consciousness?

The Transcendental Meditation program is designed for full awakening of human potential. The TM technique comes from the most long-standing tradition of meditation on earth, the Vedic tradition of India. After being long lost to society, the practice was revived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and introduced to the modern world in 1955. The TM technique is considered by many to be the quintessential

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Father Len Dubi: How Transcendental Meditation enriches my religious life

Father Dubi: For me Transcendental Meditation is a technique that I use to deepen my religious commitment. I meditate every morning before I celebrate mass. I feel much more clear, much more centered, much more silent interiorly. It is very practical in many ways that it gives accessibility by giving an instrument of how we can move to this deeper level. I think it enriches and enhances

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"The Flow of Consciousness" — by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

New: The Flow of Consciousness: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Language and Literature  
By Rhoda F. Orme-Johnson, Ph.D. and Susan K. Anderson, Ph.D.

Over the years, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi recorded many brilliant, inspiring lectures on the literary process, as well as on critical theory and technique, emphasizing the relevance of the state of consciousness of both writer and reader. This volume

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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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