Change Begins Within
Extensive research has shown that Transcendental Meditation provides the experience of a unique state of "restful alertness," which reduces stress, improves health and well-being, and enhances happiness.
Our Impact
The Big Picture
DLF’s programs help to solve wide-ranging problems that are often the consequences of chronic stress. They strengthen educational systems, reduce violence and crime brought on by the desperations of traumatic stress, restore the loving family lives that our returning veterans knew before war took them away, and change our world by positively affecting the lives of so many.
Brain research has identified three basic approaches to meditation:
- Focused attention (concentrating on a thought or object)
- Open monitoring (observing breath, thoughts, or the environment)
- Automatic self-transcending (spontaneously experiencing quieter levels of thought)
Unlike other forms of meditation, TM does not require concentration or control of the mind. Instead, TM simply allows your active-thinking mind to settle down to the state of restful alertness – your own inner, quiet self. This state triggers a reduction in high blood pressure and in the stress hormone, cortisol, as well as an increase in serotonin, which is associated with mood balance and happiness. EEG and brain imaging research shows increased coherence among people who practice Transcendental Meditation, compared to other meditation techniques.
